Education Books

New and Published Books

1. World Yearbook of Education 1990

   Assessment and Evaluation

   Edited by Tom Schuler

   Series: World Yearbook of Education

   Published March 24th 2012 by Routledge
2. Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding

   Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge

   By Jan Meyer, Ray Land

   It has long been a matter of concern to teachers in higher education why certain students ‘get stuck’ at particular points in the curriculum whilst others grasp concepts with comparative ease. What accounts for this variation in student performance and, more importantly, how can teachers change...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
3. Audit Education

   Edited by Karen Van Peursem, Elizabeth Monk, Richard M.S. Wilson, Ralph Adler

   Series: Special issue books from 'Accounting Education: an international journal'

   Audit professionals are valued members of society and are expected to be both skilled and ethical in their decision-making. The role of the auditor extends far beyond that of counting beans by demanding a social and political awareness, a technical knowledge, ethical principles and relationship...

   Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
4. Personal Transferable Skills in Accounting Education

   Edited by Kim Watty, Beverley Jackling, Richard M.S. Wilson

   Series: Special issue books from 'Accounting Education: an international journal'

   The development of generic skills (often referred to as ‘soft skills’) in accounting education has been a focus of discussion and debate for several decades. During this time employers and professional bodies have urged accounting educators to consider and develop curricula which provide for the...

   Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Interface of Accounting Education and Professional Training

   Edited by Elaine Evans, Roger Juchau, Richard M.S. Wilson

   Series: Special issue books from 'Accounting Education: an international journal'

   Over many decades the global development of professional accounting education programmes has been undertaken by higher education institutions, professional accounting bodies, and employers. These institutions have sometimes co-operated and sometimes been in conflict over the education and/or...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
6. Education and Development

   Edited by Walter McMahon

   Series: Major Themes in Education

   This series addresses the relation of education to knowledge-based growth and broader measures of development beyond growth, central features of the modern world in which education has a central role. This role includes the effects of education on pure economic growth including it’s effects on the...

   Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Routledge Companion to Education

   Edited by James Arthur, Andrew Peterson

   Who are the key thinkers in education? What are the hot topics in education? Where will education go from here? The Routledge Companion to Education presents the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide available to the key theories, themes and topics in education. Forty specially commissioned chapters...

   Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge
8. Education and Inequality in India

   A Classroom View

   By Manabi Majumdar, Jos Mooij

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Universalization of primary education has been high on the policy agenda in India. This book looks at the reproduction of social inequalities within the educational system in India, and how this is contested in different ways. It examines whether the concept of `education for all’ is just a...

   Published August 22nd 2011 by Routledge
9. Therapeutic Practice in Schools

   Working with the Child Within: A Clinical Workbook for Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Arts Therapists

   Edited by Lyn French, Reva Klein

   This book is an indispensable guide to providing therapy services for children and adolescents in primary and secondary school settings. The contributors have extensive experience in the field and carefully examine every aspect of the work, ranging from developing an understanding of the school...

   Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
10. Education and Social Justice in the Era of Globalisation

    Perspectives from India and the UK

    Edited by Marie Lall, Geetha B. Nambissan

    The book discusses the implications of globalization on education from the perspective of social justice. It looks at two countries — India and the UK — to look at how global economic and cultural processes are mediated through nation states, institutional structures and the aspirations of...

    Published July 24th 2011 by Routledge India