Education Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Language Planning in Primary Schools in Asia

   Edited by Richard Baldauf, Robert Kaplan, Knonko Kamwangamalu, Pauline Bryant

   In foreign language education, decisions must be taken on what languages to teach, who will teach them, in which schools (i.e. all, only urban, only rural), in which grades, the number of hours a week, and the cost involved. This book explores the answers to these questions across a number of Asian...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. Active Learning and Student Engagement

   International Perspectives and Practices in Geography in Higher Education

   Edited by Mick Healey, Eric Pawson, Michael Solem

   This book examines significant issues in geography teaching and learning from the perspectives of an international network of academic geographers and postgraduate students. Drawing on classroom experiences and research in a wide variety of educational settings, the authors describe conceptually...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Merit Aid and the Politics of Education

   By Erik C. Ness

   Series: Studies in Higher Education

   While a substantial number of studies have evaluated the effects of merit aid programs, there is a surprising lack of any systematic consideration of how states determine eligibility criteria for these scholarships. The selectivity of merit aid eligibility criteria can be as important as...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Multimodal Pedagogies in Diverse Classrooms

   Representation, Rights and Resources

   By Pippa Stein

   Multimodal Pedagogies in Diverse Classrooms examines how the classroom can become a democratic space founded on the integration of different histories, modes of representation, feelings, languages and discourses, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the connection between multimodality...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Debates on Early Childhood Policies and Practices

   Global snapshots of pedagogical thinking and encounters

   Edited by Theodora Papatheodorou

   Globally, early years policies and documents have set out aspirational outcomes and benefits for children, their families and the wider society. These policies have emphasised the place of early childhood provision within the wider global agenda, by tackling inequality and disadvantage early on in...

   Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
6. Researching Primary Education: Methods and Issues

   Edited by Rosemary Webb

   This book increases understanding of, and provides inspiration for, the conduct of research in primary/elementary education. It discusses and evaluates the selection and development of research methods used for their own innovatory projects. They explore the relationship between their choice of...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education

   Edited by Caragh Brosnan, Bryan S. Turner

   The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education provides a contemporary introduction to this classic area of sociology by examining the social origin and implications of the epistemological, organizational and demographic challenges facing medical education in the twenty-first century....

   Published March 30th 2012 by Routledge
8. World Yearbook of Education 2006

   Education, Research and Policy: Steering the Knowledge-Based Economy

   Edited by Jenny Ozga, Terri Seddon, Thomas S. Popkewitz

   Series: World Yearbook of Education

   This volume considers the ways in which educational research is being shaped by policy across the globe. Policy effects on research are increasingly influential, as policies in and beyond education drive the formation of a knowledge-based economy by supporting increased international...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. World Yearbook of Education 2007

   Educating the Global Workforce: Knowledge, Knowledge Work and Knowledge Workers

   Edited by Lesley Farrell, Tara Fenwick

   Series: World Yearbook of Education

   The 2007 edition of this respected international volume considers the challenges facing work related education arising from the rapid expansion of the global economy and the impact of this on labour markets and individual workers. Including perspectives from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Africa,...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
10. Knowledge, Pedagogy and Society

    International Perspectives on Basil Bernstein's Sociology of Education

    Edited by Daniel Frandji, Philippe Vitale

    Over the course of the late-twentieth century Basil Bernstein pioneered an original approach to educational phenomena, taking seriously questions regarding the transmission, distribution and transformation of knowledge as no other before had done. Arguing tirelessly for change, more than any other...

    Published March 7th 2012 by Routledge