Educational Theory category: 17068 books
by M. Victoria Costa
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
This book develops and applies a unified interpretation of John Rawls’ theory of justice as fairness in order to clarify the account of citizenship that Rawls relies upon, and the kind of educational policies that the state can legitimately pursue to promote social justice. Costa examines the role...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
This book examines what equity means in a nation where the schools are becoming more diverse. The authors consider how well our educational reform policies, often framed in the language of equity and opportunity, measure up to the challenges of achieving equity in a diverse nation. While there is...
Pedagogies of Globalization
The Rise of the Educational Security State
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
In this ground-breaking book, Joel Spring examines globalization and its worldwide effects on education. A central thesis is that industrial-consumerism is the dominant paradigm in the integration of education and economic planning in modern economic security states.
In the twenty-first century,...
Critical Race Theory and Education
A Marxist Response
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
This book, now in its second edition, focuses on the challenge to Marxism posed by Critical Race Theory as this relates to educational theory, policy, and practices with respect to both the US and UK. Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the realm of Education has a long history in the US, and is now a burgeoning...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Parts one and two of this volume present the theoretical lenses used to study the social contexts of education. These include long-established foundations disciplines such as sociology of education and philosophy of education as well as newer theoretical perspectives such as critical race theory,...
Philosophy in Educational Research
Epistemology, Ethics, Politics and Quality
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This book provides critical and reflective discussions of a wide range of issues arising in education at the interface between philosophy, research, policy and practice. It addresses epistemological questions about the intellectual resources that underpin educational research, explores the relationship...
The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Era
An International Perspective on Technology Focused Professional Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2013
This volume addresses the key issue of the initial education and lifelong professional learning of teachers of mathematics to enable them to realize the affordances of educational technology for mathematics. With invited contributions from leading scholars in the field, this volume contains a blend...
New Foundations for Knowledge in Educational Administration, Policy, and Politics
Science and Sensationalism
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
This book probes the intellectual foundations of scholarly inquiry into educational administration, policy, and politics. The question of whether, and if so how, social science theories and methods contribute to an understanding of these issues is hotly debated today. Is there really a scientific...
Critical Race Theory Matters
Education and Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Over the past decade, Critical Race Theory (CRT) scholars in education have produced a significant body of work theorizing the impact of race and racism in education. Critical Race Theory Matters provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of this influential movement, shining its keen light...
The SoJo Journal
Volume 3 #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
The SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education is an international peerreviewed journal of educational foundations. The Department of Educational Leadership at California State University, East Bay, whose mission is to prepare and influence bold, socially responsible leaders...
The SoJo Journal
Volume 2 #1
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education is an international peerreviewed journal of educational foundations. The Department of Educational Leadership at California State University, East Bay, whose mission is to prepare and influence bold, socially responsible leaders who...
The Process of Learning
Some Psychological Aspects of Learning and Discipline in School
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Originally published in 1930, this book was designed to meet the needs of students in Training Colleges. It is the outcome of first-hand experience of the difficulties encountered by students in the subject of educational theory and its application to the problems of the classroom at the time. It...
Leadership for Change
The Singapore Schools' Experience
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
The book shares stories of the role of school leadership in Singapore, with case studies from selected schools, that provides some insights on how Singapore delivers a high-quality education that had led to it achieving high rankings in TIMMS and PISA. This book will provide both the historical and...
Workplace Learning in Teacher Education
International Practice and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This book explores teacher workplace learning from four different perspectives: social policy, international comparators, multi-professional stances/perspectives and socio-cultural theory. First, it considers the policy and practice context of professional learning in teacher education in England,...