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Youth Studies: Keywords and Movements
Edited by SUSAN TALBURT, NANCY LESKO
Recent attention from the public, national governments, and international organizations to issues such as youth social exclusion, poverty, school underachievement, school violence, gang activity, sexuality, and youth’s interactions with media and the internet, have all contributed to Youth Studies...
July 2011 | 978-0-415-87412-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Handbook of Adolescent Transition Education
Edited by Michael L. Wehmeyer, Kristine W. Webb
Transition from secondary education to adulthood represents a period during which adolescents with disabilities face multiple responsibilities and changing roles that include establishing independence, attending post-secondary education or training, developing social networks, choosing a career,...
July 2011 | 978-0-415-87279-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The Confessing Society: Foucault, Confession and Practices of Lifelong Learning
By Magnus Dahlstedt, Andreas Fejes
Lifelong learning has become an increasingly important theme in contemporary society through which each citizen is encouraged to become a constant learner. Such narratives are often seen as positive and all-inclusive. In this book, practices of lifelong learning will be considered as practices of...
July 2011 | 978-0-415-58166-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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The Politics of Education: Challenging Multiculturalism
Edited by Christos Kassimeris, Marios Vryonides
Education is a thoroughly political enterprise. The process of determining the purpose of education has always been highly controversial. It has resulted in disputes that have not only divided people philosophically, but also on the basis of religion, region, class, race, and ethnicity. As a result...
July 2011 | 978-0-415-88514-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Disability Studies and the Inclusive Classroom: Critical Practices for Creating Least Restrictive Attitudes
By Arthur Shapiro, Susan Baglieri
This book’s mission is to integrate the fields of disability studies and inclusive education. Parts I and II focus on the broad, foundational topics that comprise disability studies (culture, language, history, etc.) and Part III moves into the more practical topics (curriculum, co-teaching,...
June 2011 | 978-0-415-99372-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Language, Ethnography, and Education: Bridging New Literacy Studies and Bourdieu
By Mike Grenfell
Offering an in-depth discussion of Bourdieu, New Literacy Studies and education, this frontline book provides a useful reference point for scholars and students of education, language, and literacy wishing to incorporate Bourdieu’s ideas into their work. There is a well established tradition of...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-87249-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Globalization and Education
By Fazal Rizvi
Globalization and Education provides a critical introduction to various theories of globalization and the implications they are assumed to have for educational policy and practice. Using the current global financial crisis as a backdrop, internationally renowned author Fazal Razvi examine a series...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-88163-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Economy, Work, and Education: Critical Connections
By Catherine Casey
As it is well-known, economists and educationists rarely meet, and researchers in areas of work, organization, and industrial relations are perhaps even more inclined to remain talking among themselves. There however remain social connections between economy, work, and education. The connections...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-88671-0 | Hardback (Routledge)