Theory of Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Social Origins of Educational Systems

   By Margaret Archer

   Series: Classical Texts in Critical Realism

   First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Teaching with the Screen

   Pedagogy, Agency, and Media Culture

   By Dan Leopard

   Teaching with the Screen explores the forms that pedagogy takes as teachers and students engage with the screens of popular culture. By necessity, these forms of instruction challenge traditional notions of what constitutes education. Spotlighting the visual, spatial, and relational aspects of...

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. The Heart of Teaching

   Empowering Students in the Performing Arts

   By Stephen Wangh

   The Heart of Teaching is a book about teaching and learning in the performing arts. Its focus is on the inner dynamics of teaching: the processes by which teachers can promote—or undermine—creativity itself. It covers the many issues that teachers, directors and choreographers experience, from...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
7. 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
8. Teacher Education for Critical Consumption of Mass Media and Popular Culture

   By Stephanie A. Flores-Koulish

   Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education

   The study develops a baseline of knowledge to encourage the inclusion of media literacy education in teacher education....

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. 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
10. Education Quality and Social Justice in the Global South

    Challenges for policy, practice and research

    Edited by Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett

    Series: Education, Poverty and International Development

    How we understand education quality is inextricably linked with perspectives on social justice. Questions of inclusion, relevance and democracy in education are increasingly contested, most especially in the global South, and improving the quality of education, particularly for the most...

    Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge