An authoritative guide to the new ideas and controversies that are likely to form the basis of gifted education discussion and policy-making around the world during the next decade and beyond.
With chapters co-written by English and Finnish authors, Educating for Democracy analyses the history and current state of education systems in Englan..
This book addresses the gap in the provision of basic education to migrant children in China. It examines the case in Beijing, with a focus on policy ..
This volume will refute No Excuses Reform ideology by proposing Social Context Reform, a term coined by Paul Thomas which argues for educational chang..
As Asian education systems increasingly take on a stronger presence, of special interest is how these states direct their schools towards higher achie..
This book investigates the effects of social and political change on the provision of primary education in post-communist and post-war contexts. Focus..
This book provides the first considered discussion of the pedagogy that should inform the teaching of criminal law. It examines the relationship betwe..
This volume considers the prevailing assumption that teachers' unions successfully block change in education because they are primarily motivated to p..
By considering Shakespeare’s dramatisation of the principles that inform neoliberal education policy, this book aims to contribute to debate on the mo..
Challenging the popular perception that the free market can objectively ameliorate inequality and markedly improve student academic achievement, this ..
This book explores and identifies the conditions needed for the emergence of political subjectivities in international educational contexts, where neo..
This is a book with a difference: it produces a completely new perspective on lifelong learning and the learning society and locates them within human..
An authoritative guide to the new ideas and controversies that are likely to form the basis of gifted education discussion and policy-making around th..