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1. Education for Civic and Political Participation

   A Critical Approach

   Edited by Reinhold Hedtke, Tatiana Zimenkova

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Participation as an element of active citizenship in democracies is a key project of international and national educational policy. Institutionalized approaches for compulsory schools provide participatory access to all young European citizens. But does this picture depict the possibilities and...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. Care in Education

   Teaching with Understanding and Compassion

   By Sandra Wilde

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This philosophical commentary explores the meaning and significance of care in education, demonstrating how teaching with care enriches the art and soul of pedagogy. Wilde draws upon Western and Eastern philosophies that envision an integrated image of care to illuminate the value of...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
3. Diversity, Intercultural Encounters, and Education

   Edited by Susana Gonçalves, Markus A. Carpenter

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book concerns the challenges and tensions rising from mass migration flows, unbalanced north-south and east-west relations and the increasing multicultural nature of society. The scope of the book’s theme is global, addressing diversity and identity, intercultural encounters and conflict, and...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Societies

   The Case of Black Academic Underachievement

   By Paul C. Mocombe, Carol Tomlin

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   In postindustrial economies such as the United States and Great Britain, the black/white achievement gap is perpetuated by an emphasis on language and language skills, with which black American and black British-Caribbean youths often struggle. This work analyzes the nature of educational pedagogy...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
5. Education and Culture

   By Jocey Quinn

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Quinn presents a radical new perspective on the interrelationships between education and culture. Rather than viewing education in isolation from major cultural debates, she demonstrates how culture shapes education and education shapes culture. Cultural perspectives and rich empirical data from a...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Rethinking School Bullying

   Dominance, Identity and School Culture

   By Ronald B. Jacobson

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book takes a new angle on a much-studied phenomenon, focusing on the role of domination and identity construction, understanding and self-knowledge, moral transformation and the social community, systems of training and hierarchy used by schooling, and the role they play in...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Role of Participants in Education Research

   Ethics, Epistemologies, and Methods

   Edited by Warren Midgley, Patrick Alan Danaher, Margaret Baguley

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book explores different perspectives on the role, influence and importance of participants in education research. Drawing on a variety of philosophical, theoretical and methodological approaches, the book examines how researchers relate to and with their participants before, during, and after...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
8. Family, Community, and Higher Education

   Edited by Toby S. Jenkins

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book explores social topics and experiences that illustrate the various ways in which the family unit influences and impacts college students. In the text, the authors not only explore family memories, but also challenge the traditional lack of inclusion and appreciation for “family” as...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
9. Picturebooks, Pedagogy and Philosophy

   By Joanna Haynes, Karin Murris

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Contemporary picturebooks open up spaces for philosophical dialogues between people of all ages. As works of art, picturebooks offer unique opportunities to explore ideas and to create meaning collaboratively. This book considers censorship of certain well-known picturebooks, challenging the...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
10. Virtual Literacies

    Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People

    Edited by Guy Merchant, Julia Gillen, Jackie Marsh, Julia Davies

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    The growth of interest in virtual worlds and other online spaces for children and young people raises important issues for literacy educators and researchers. This book is a timely and much-needed collection of current research in the area. It provides a synthesis of knowledge and understanding and...

    Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge