Educational Research

This book represents the editors’ intention to disrupt cycles of thinking about the place of queer theory in educational research. With contributions from both those who find queer theory problematic, and those who see a productive place for it in education and research, The Cultural Politics of Que..

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Using the idea of ‘the edge of race’ as a provocation, this book examines the concepts, methodologies, policies, and practices associated with race and racism in education. Offering empirical examples of the perpetuation and perniciousness of racism that point to the continued salience of research a..

Using the idea of ‘the edge of race’ as a provocation, this book examines the concepts, methodologies, policies, and practices associated with race and racism in education. It was published as a special issue of Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education...

This timely book provides a systematic overview and critique of contemporary approaches to educational change from some of the best-known writers and scholars in the field...

Published in 1938, this book provides a detailed study of mental development and education in adolescent girls in the 1930’s as well as considering how important it can be to have a psychologist in the classroom. An original study that will still be of interest to researchers and academics in the fi..

Published in 1995 this book presents detailed research from unstructured interviews, oral histories, historical records, and intermittent fieldwork to provide an in-depth look at a specific school, offering a basis for discussing rural schools in general...

Published in 1984. As late as 1870, a substantial proportion of working class pupils receiving an elementary education were attending private schools, run by the working class itself, instead of schools which were publicly sponsored. Previous studies in this area have concentrated on the latter, how..

The management of faculty careers is a critical issue in university autonomy, and in many countries recent reforms have increasingly addressed this area. Musselin examines this crucial issue through the use of exhaustive empirical research – including over 200 interviews – on academic job hiring pra..

The management of faculty careers is a critical issue in university autonomy, and in many countries recent reforms have increasingly addressed this area. Musselin examines this crucial issue through the use of exhaustive empirical research – including over 200 interviews – on academic job hiring pra..

This book shows, in detail and with concrete examples, how educational theory and research can be translated into practice. Well-known researchers who have worked to establish productive, sustainable connections between the knowledge produced by the rese..

This book shows, in detail and with concrete examples, how educational theory and research can be translated into practice. Well-known researchers who have worked to establish productive, sustainable connections between the knowledge produced by the rese..