New Studies in Critical Realism and Education

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1. Why Knowledge Matters in Curriculum

   A Social Realist Argument

   By Leesa Wheelahan

   Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education

   What should we teach in our schools and vocational education and higher education institutions? Is theoretical knowledge still important? This book argues that providing students with access to knowledge should be the raison d’être of education. Its premise is that access to knowledge is an issue...

   Published January 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. Strong and Smart – Towards a Pedagogy for Emancipation

   Education for First Peoples

   By Chris Sarra

   Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education

   Strong and Smart – Towards a Pedagogy for Emancipation tells the story of how Dr Chris Sarra overcame low expectations for his future to become an educator who has sought to change the tide of low expectations for other Indigenous students. The book draws upon Roy Bhaskar’s theory of Critical...

   Published June 8th 2011 by Routledge
3. Education, Epistemology and Critical Realism

   By David Scott

   Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education

   This book addresses fundamental questions in relation to education and its epistemology. The position taken by the author is critical realist; and thus throughout the relationship between education and critical realism is foregrounded. Themes and issues that surface at different times in...

   Published October 20th 2010 by Routledge
4. A Critical Realist Perspective of Education

   By Brad Shipway

   Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education

   This book clearly and comprehensively explores the capability of critical realism to throw new light on educational theory. It firstly investigates the convergence and divergence between two forms of critical realism, which have not previously been cross-examined. This task allows the book to...

   Published July 13th 2010 by Routledge