Education Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. A Mirror to Kathleen's Face (Routledge Revivals)

   Education in Independent Ireland 1922-60

   By Donald Akenson

   First published in 1975, Donald Akenson’s book was at the forefront of a radically new approach to the study of Irish educational history. Instead of investigating the evolution of the schools as an isolated process, he explores the complex interrelations of Irish education, institutions and...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. Education and Enmity (Routledge Revivals)

   The Control of Schooliing in Northern Ireland 1920-50

   By Donald Akenson

   First published in 1973 Professor Akenson’s book traces the series of religious and political controversies which have battered the state schools of Northern Ireland. After the government’s admirably intentioned, but muddled, attempt to create a non-sectarian school system in the early 1920s, the...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
3. Universities and Global Diversity

   Preparing Educators for Tomorrow

   Edited by Beverly Lindsay, Wanda J. Blanchett

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This volume seeks to critically examine the nexus between globalization and diversity as it affects the preparation of professional educators on several continents, taking into account the extensive changes in economic, sociopolitical, and cultural dynamics within nations and regions that have...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
4. Acting Otherwise

   The Institutionalization of Women's / Gender Studies in Taiwan's Universities

   By Peiying Chen

   Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education

   Acting Otherwise concerns the strategies of action that have been used by feminist scholars to attain the institutionalization of women's/gender studies in universities....

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. Adaptation of Western Economics by Russian Universities

   Intercultural Travel of an Academic Field

   By Tatiana Suspitsyna

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. Aesthetic Experience in Science Education

   Learning and Meaning-Making as Situated Talk and Action

   By Per-Olof Wickman

   Series: Teaching and Learning in Science Series

   This book examines the role of aesthetic experience in learning science and in science education from the perspective of knowledge as action and language use. The theoretical underpinnings are based on the writings of John Dewey and Ludwig Wittgenstein. In their spirit aesthetics is examined as it...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
7. Coming of Age

   Women's Colleges in the Philippines During the Post-Marcos Era

   By Francesca Purcell

   In view of the increasing number of Third World countries considering the establishment of women's colleges to meet the demand for the higher education of women, presenting a case study of two key women's colleges in the Philippines. Within the context of global, national and local changes since...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
8. Contemporary Psychometrics

   Edited by Albert Maydeu-Olivares, John J. McArdle

   Series: Multivariate Applications Series

   Contemporary Psychometrics features cutting edge chapters organized in four sections: test theory, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multivariate analysis. The section on test theory includes topics such as multidimensional item response theory (IRT), the relationship between IRT...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
9. Education Reform and Education Policy in East Asia

   By Ka-ho Mok

   Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies

   This book assesses the impact of globalization on the education systems of key East Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, and the "tiger economies" of South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, examining how the increasingly interdependent economic system has driven policy change...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
10. Dialogue With Bakhtin on Second and Foreign Language Learning

    New Perspectives

    Edited by Joan Kelly Hall, Gergana Vitanova, Ludmila A. Marchenkova

    This volume is the first to explore links between the Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin's theoretical insights about language and practical concerns with second and foreign language learning and teaching. Situated within a strong conceptual framework and drawing from a rich empirical base, it...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge