Routledge Research in Education
About the Book Series
This series aims to present the latest research from right across the field of education. It is not confined to any particular area or school of thought and seeks to provide coverage of a broad range of topics, theories and issues from around the world.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] – Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Education and Pedagogy in Cultural Change
1st Edition
By Wolfgang Brezinka
December 10, 2019
In a period of rapid cultural shifts, changing populations and new ideologies take hold and reshape political agendas and norms in the West. It is against this backdrop that Wolfgang Brezinka presents his controversial take on the impact these changes have made on the public education landscape. ...
Supporting Teachers' Formative Assessment Practice with Learning Progressions
1st Edition
By Erin Furtak
December 10, 2019
This book presents the results of a four-year, National Science Foundation-funded project that engaged nine high school biology teachers at three public high schools in long-term, on-site professional development program centered on a learning progression. It explores the influence of teacher ...
Designing for Learning in a Networked World
1st Edition
Edited
By Nina Bonderup Dohn
September 30, 2019
Designing for Learning in a Networked World provides answers to the following questions: what skills are required for living in a networked world; how can educators design for learning these skills and what role can and should networked learning play in a networked world? It discusses central ...
Creativity and Learning in Later Life: An Ethnography of Museum Education
1st Edition
By Shari Sabeti
September 11, 2019
Creativity and Learning in Later Life examines how processes such as ‘creativity’ and ‘inspiration’ are experienced by writers who engage with the visual arts, and questions how age is perceived in relation to these processes. The author’s careful analysis challenges many of the assumptions on ...
American Indian Workforce Education: Trends and Issues
1st Edition
Edited
By Carsten Schmidtke
June 07, 2019
In this collection of original essays, contributors critically examine the pedagogical, administrative, financial, economic, and cultural contexts of American Indian vocational education and workforce development, identifying trends and issues for future research in the fields of vocational ...
Citizenship Education in the United States: A Historical Perspective
1st Edition
By Iftikhar Ahmad
June 07, 2019
This book presents a history of the ideas and activities of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in the field of citizenship education in public schools. Examining APSA’s evolving objectives and strategies in implementing citizenship education, Ahmad analyzes the complicated ...
Language, Race, and Power in Schools: A Critical Discourse Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Pierre Orelus
June 07, 2019
In this edited collection, authors from various academic, cultural, racial, linguistic, and personal backgrounds use critical discourse analysis as a conceptual framework and method to examine social inequities, identity issues, and linguistic discrimination faced by historically oppressed groups ...
Spirituality, Community, and Race Consciousness in Adult Higher Education: Breaking the Cycle of Racialization
1st Edition
By Timothy Westbrook
June 07, 2019
Drawing on the lived experiences of Black students in adult degree completion programs at predominantly White, Christian institutions in the southern United States, this book presents a model for reimagining adult higher education. Westbrook explores the reasons students enrolled in degree programs...
Teaching Young Learners in a Superdiverse World: Multimodal Approaches and Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Heather Lotherington, Cheryl Paige
June 07, 2019
This book documents a collaborative action research project in one school where researchers and practitioners worked together to develop multimodal literacies and pedagogies for diverse, multilingual elementary classrooms. Following chronologically from Lotherington’s Pedagogy of Multiliteracies (...
Youth Voices, Public Spaces, and Civic Engagement
1st Edition
Edited
By Stuart Greene, Kevin Burke, Maria McKenna
June 07, 2019
This collection of original research explores ways that educators can create participatory spaces that foster civic engagement, critical thinking, and authentic literacy practices for adolescent youth in urban contexts. Casting youth as vital social actors, contributors shed light on the ways in ...
African American English and the Achievement Gap: The Role of Dialectal Code Switching
1st Edition
By Holly Craig
June 04, 2019
Many African American children make use of African American English (AAE) in their everyday lives, and face academic barriers when introduced to Standard American English (SAE) in the classroom. Research has shown that students who can adapt and use SAE for academic purposes demonstrate ...
Contemplative and Artful Openings: Researching Women and Teaching
1st Edition
By Susan Walsh
May 21, 2019
Highlighting an arts-based inquiry process that involves contemplation, mindful awareness, and artful writing, this book explores women’s difficult experiences in teaching. It weaves a strong autobiographical thread with artifacts from several research projects with female teachers. By linking ...