Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects

Not long ago, it was understood that universities and culture were intimately related. However, to a large extent, that understanding has faded. Culture and the University confronts this situation. Written by three leading scholars of higher education...

For decades, the idea that more education will lead to greater individual and national prosperity has been a cornerstone of developed economies. Challenging this conventional wisdom, The Global Auction forces us to reconsider our deeply held and mistaken...

Continuing Joel Spring's reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education, this text offers a comprehensive overview and synthesis of current research, theories, and models related to the topic. Written in his signature clear,...

How do we include and develop understandings of those beyond-the-human aspects of the world in social research? Through fifteen contributions from leading international thinkers, this book provides original approaches to posthumanist research practices...

As leaders of a 'people's university', part of the vast post-1960s expansion in British higher education, UEL's first generation of educationalists was committed to innovation and to creating a new democratic identity for their institution. They were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781975504311Author Deborah BritzmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 275Imprint Myers Education PressPublisher Myers Education PressWeight(grams) 333g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911382973Author Ian WarwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint John Catt Educational LtdPublisher Hodder Education

The university is under threat. For forty years this indispensable democratic institution has been systematically betrayed by governments and the political class, who have redirected it from its proper social and cultural functions through a relentless...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991030385Author Nino BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Liberation MediaPublisher Liberation MediaWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Focusing on a less well-known area of education, the Further Education (FE) sector, this book provides education studies students a chance to provoke reflection, analysis and understanding, as well as personal and professional development in the area...

Building on Paulo Freire's educational theory and critical pedagogy movements, this book provides a short and accessible introduction to ecopedagogy - Freirean environmental teaching and environmentalism overall. Ecopedagogy offers a political and...

Class Strategies and the Education Market examines the ways in which the middle classes maintain and improve their social advantages in and through education.Drawing on an extensive series of interviews with parents and children, this book identifies key...

This collection offers an authoritative, up-to-date commentary on the challenges facing higher education today across both the UK and internationally. The book charts the impact of global economic trends and recent policy developments for students,...

Drawing on eight crowdsourced cases, Interdisciplinary Practices in Higher Education demonstrates the range and diversity in approaches to teaching, learning and collaborating across disciplinary and institutional borders. The cases explore everyday...

The academic boycott of Israel, a branch of the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is one of the richest - and most divisive - topics in the politics of knowledge today. In Boycott Theory and the Struggle for Palestine,...

""Place: it's where we're from; it's where we're going. . . . It asks for our attention and care. If we pay attention, place has much to teach us.""With this belief as a foundation, The Power of Place offers a comprehensive and compelling case for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998504407Author Robert LoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Robert Lowe, Jr.Publisher Robert Lowe, Jr.Weight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

The rise of Far Right populism poses major challenges for communities, exacerbating divisions, hate speech and hate crime. This book shows how communities and social justice movements can effectively tackle these issues, working together to mitigate...

Written by interdisciplinary authors from the fields of educational policy, early childhood education, history, political philosophy, law, and moral philosophy, this volume addresses the use of disciplinary action across varied educational contexts. Much...

Spare the Rod traces the history of discipline in schools and its ever increasing integration with prison and policing, ultimately arguing for an approach to discipline that aligns with the moral community that schools could and should be. In Spare the...

Seventeen hunter-scholars explore the hunting experience and question common negative stereotypesDespite the academy having a reputation for supporting broad and open inquiry in scholarship, some academics have not extended this open-minded support to...

This book draws on five philosophers from the continental tradition - Theodor Adorno, Hannah Arendt, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, and Jacques Ranciere - in order to "think about thinking" and offer new and surprising answers to the question: How can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807055502Author Bree PicowerFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

The current neoliberal mutation of capitalism has evolved beyond the days when the wholesale exploitation of labor underwrote the world system's expansion. While "normal" business profits plummet and theft-by-finance rises, capitalism now shifts into a...

This book takes the principles explained in Vol.1 and describes a complete classroom practice for conducting philosophical conversations with groups (especially in schools) that has been honed over nearly twenty years of classroom experience by the...

For young people, the space of the drama classroom can be a space for deep learning as they struggle across difference to create something together with common purpose. Collaborating across institutions, theatres, and community spaces, the research in...

Only 150 years ago, the majority of the world's population was largely illiterate. Today, not only do most people over fifteen have basic reading and writing skills, but 20 percent of the population attends some form of higher education. What are the...

A leading expert shows how, by learning from refugee teachers and students, we can create for displaced children-and indeed all children-better schooling and brighter futures.Half of the world's 26 million refugees are children. Their formal education is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907661471Author P. D. OuspenskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint White Crow BooksPublisher White Crow Productions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629637099Author John MinkFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

In recent years the contribution of drama to second language learning has grown internationally as a field of interest to both teachers and researchers. The potential for drama to provide strong social contexts for learning, to provide opportunities for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986352102Author M Jen FairfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Red Eight Ball PressPublisher Red Eight Ball PressWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm)...

Beyond Interdisciplinarity examines the broadening meaning of core concept across academic disciplines and other forms of knowledge. In this book, Associate Editor of The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity and internationally recognized scholar Julie...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789090316956Author Gerard AartsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint BGA PublicationsPublisher BGA PublicationsWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

This book provides readers with the opportunity to go beyond anecdote and supposition in order to get a fuller grasp of research around Catholic education and LGBTQ+ matters. This is an edited collection of chapters which explores LGBTQ+ matters in...

Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning explores how some people are excluded from science education and communication. Taking the role of science in society as a starting point, it critically examines the concept of equity in science learning...

Ira Shor is a pioneer in the field of critical education who for over twenty years has been experimenting with learning methods. His work creatively adapts the ideas of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire for North American classrooms. In Empowering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880104128Author Rudolf SteinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher Anthroposophic Press IncWeight(grams) 143gDimensions(mm)...

Foundations of Embodied Learning advances learning, instruction, and the design of educational technologies by rethinking the learner as an integrated system of mind, body, and environment. Body-based processes-direct physical, social, and environmental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871203731Author Rachael KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Atlantic BooksPublisher Atlantic Books