Theory of Education

This book takes the thinking of Quentin Skinner, Phillip Pettit and J.G.A. Pocock on republican liberty and explores the way in which this idea of liberty can be used to illuminate educational practice...

This book takes the thinking of Quentin Skinner, Phillip Pettit and J.G.A. Pocock on republican liberty and explores the way in which this idea of liberty can be used to illuminate educational practice...

This edited volume presents theoretical and empirical analyses of the Japanese educational philosopher Makiguchi Tsunesaburo’s perspectives and practices relative to language, identity, and education in historical and contemporary contexts. This book was originally published as a special issue of th..

This edited collection focuses on the contextual presence of theory, the practices of doing theory, and refractions on and agendas for theory respectively. The contributors to the first volume from around the world reflect a range of perspectives and positions in the debate about the purpose and val..

Drawing important, hitherto unnoticed connections between issues central in the philosophy of education and those pivotal in the free will debate, this book argues that these two sets of problems cannot be pursued in isolation from one another...

Based in empirical studies in Germany, the US, and Latin America, and drawing on the theories of Vygotsky among others, this volume examines how an economy characterized more and more by flexible short-term work contracts and lack of a social safety net gives rise to pedagogies - paradigms of child ..

This book analyses the role of educational theories in the construction of collective, political identities. Rather than understanding educational theories solely as addressing issues of childrearing and instruction, the aim of the book is to see them in a broader socio-political context. Defining t..

This book analyses the role of educational theories in the construction of collective, political identities. Rather than understanding educational theories solely as addressing issues of childrearing and instruction, the aim of the book is to see them in a broader socio-political context. Defining t..

This book provides a timely response to concerns about the rising numbers of children whose behaviour is recognised and understood as a medicalised condition, rather than simply as poor behaviour caused by other factors. It is the first scholarly analysis of psychopathology which draws on the philos..

Basil Bernstein is arguably one of the most important educational theorists of the late 20th century. This book, written by a team of international contributors, offers an insight into the richness and depth of his theories...

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The term ‘space’ is inherently geographical. Educational provision and activity takes place within both formal and non-formal spaces. Understanding what goes on depends on the scale at which it is observed, ranging from individuals to global outreach. This constitutes the geography of educational re..