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Key Issues in Education Policy
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 49.00This book looks at state involvement in education and education policy. It explains the role of education policy in the context of the general direction of government policy, politics and the economy. more...
School Blues
Quercus 2011; US$ 12.99Daniel Pennac has never forgotten what it was like to be a very unsatisfactory student, nor the day one of his teachers saved his life by assigning him the task of writing a novel. This was the moment Pennac realized that no-one has to be a failure for ever. In School Blues, Pennac explores the many facets of schooling: how fear makes children reject... more...
Critical Pedagogy for Social Justice
Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 19.95We live in a time when those who wield unrestrained power believe they have the inalienable right to determine the destiny, nature and shape of social institutions like schools. Critical Pedagogy for Social Justice challenges this arrogance by showing how teachers, students, parents, communities, and researchers can develop narratives that amount... more...
Critical Praxis Research
Springer 2011; US$ 109.99Critical Praxis Research (CPR) is a teacher research methodology designed to bridge the divide between practitioner and scholar, drawing together many strands to explain the research process not just as something teacher researchers do, but as a fundamental part of who teacher researchers are. Emphasizing the researcher over the method, CPR embraces... more...
Bringing Learning to Life (RLE Edu D)
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 120.00In an age of intense economic competition and continual change, the ability to learn is a key factor in survival and prosperity. This book examines the changing interaction of the world economy, Britain?s prospects for prosperity, the connections between different kinds of work and the learning that support them. Focusing on specific areas where changed... more...
Knowledge, Pedagogy and Society
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 42.95Over the course of the late-twentieth century Basil Bernstein pioneered an original approach to educational phenomena, taking seriously questions regarding the transmission, distribution and transformation of knowledge as no other before had done. Arguing tirelessly for change, more than any other British sociologist it is Bernstein who presents to... more...
Digitisation Perspectives
Springer 2011; US$ 49.00This book examines various views and perspectives on digitisation. Topics covered include electronic theses, search engine technology, digitisation in Africa, citation indexing, reference services, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, new media, and scholarly publishing. The final chapter explores virtual libraries, and poses... more...
The Education of Children Under Seven (RLE Edu C)
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 120.00This book does not cover the whole field of Infants? Teaching but is concerned mainly with general principles and matters which are open to the non-specialist. Some technical subjects such as Physical Education have been omitted but nonetheless the volume provides a thorough (if somewhat dated) introduction to early years education in the first half... more...
Introduction to Education Studies
SAGE Publications 2007; Not AvailableIntroduction to Education Studies is established as the key text for undergraduate students of education studies as well as for practitioners embarking on a higher degree. The book provides a thorough grounding for students new to the subject without assuming a substantial prior knowledge of the area. It also takes a multidisciplinary approach... more...
Leadership for Social Justice and Democracy in Our Schools
SAGE Publications 2011; US$ 33.95This ninth and final book in The Soul of Educational Leadership series offers practical strategies for promoting socially responsible school cultures that enhance student engagement. more...









