Routledge Library Editions: Education consists of 244 volumes by some of the greatest educationalists, teaching professionals and policy makers of the twentieth century. The volumes are available in a set; in mini-sets themed by sub-discipline; or individually, in your choice of print or ebook.
By Various
December 02, 2021
Mini-set A:Comparative Education re-issues 11 volumes originally published between 1945 and 1983 and covers educational theory and practice from the UK, France, Germany, Russia, America, Africa and Asia....
By Various
July 14, 2021
Mini-set H: History of Education re-issues 24 volumes which span a century of publishing:1900 - 1995. The volumes cover Education in Ancient Rome, Irish education in the 19th century, schools in Victorian Britain, changing patterns in higher education, secondary education in post-war Britain, ...
By Various
June 23, 2021
Dealing with all aspects of teacher education in the past 50 years the 13 books in this set, originally published between 1969 and 1996, discuss how the education system in the UK has changed; the impact of restructuring on teachers; teacher expectations around the world and other ...
By Various Authors
December 08, 2011
Mini-set M: Inclusion and Special Education re-issues 8 volumes originally published between 1975 and 1986. They discuss topics such as the assessment of special educational needs, comparative special education, the sociology of special education, labelling theory, ...
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By Chris Jenks
August 25, 2015
The manner in which we variously come to an understanding of our world presents problems for us all, but the unified method by which we ought best to acquire such knowledge represents the particular problem of contemporary education. This important book seeks to explore some of the underlying ...
By Kevin Ward, Richard Taylor
August 12, 2014
This book has two purposes: first to argue that there is a greater need now than ever before for liberal adult education for the working class. Such provision would both help to ameliorate the gross inequalities of our society and provide some counter-balance to the increasingly utilitarian and ...
By Robin Usher, Ian Bryant
August 12, 2014
The authors argue that the aim of research should be to improve practice through a process of critical reflection. Focusing clearly on the everyday concerns and problems of practitioners, they emphasize the importance of practical knowledge. Their definition of ‘practice’ is wide, and includes the ...
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By Malcolm Tight
August 12, 2014
The nature of adult education at individual, group and community levels is the concern of this book. Definitions and patterns of adult learning are critically assessed in both this country and abroad, and the processes involved considered in detail. Both case studies and thematic articles have been...
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By Philip Altbach
August 12, 2014
This encyclopedia is the result of a highly selective enterprise that provides a careful selection of key topics in essays written by top scholars in their fields. Comprehensive and in-depth coverage of a limited number of countries, regions and themes is provided. The essays not only feature ...
By Robin Barrow
July 03, 2014
This book addresses the question ‘What should be taught in schools and why?’. The book begins by stressing the way in which such a question should be approached and goes on to offer a comprehensive and stringent critique of a variety of principles for the selection of curriculum content, with ...
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By Edmund King
July 03, 2014
This volume offers a conceptual justification and methodology for comparative studies of education matching developments in the social sciences and other comparative disciplines. It also relates comparative studies of education to the practical business of policy formulation at all levels. Thus it ...
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By Martyn Hammersley, Andy Hargreaves
July 03, 2014
When first published this book was one of the first collections of empirical research in the area of the knowledge transmitted in schools and the responses of students to it. It includes studies of the histories of particular school subjects and of how the knowledge they embody is presented in the ...