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
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 ...
Children Writing Poems: Poetic Voices in and out of School
1st Edition
By Janine Certo
May 07, 2019
This volume demonstrates how the social and instructional worlds that children inhabit influence their poetry writing and performances. Drawing on rich vignettes of students from different racial, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, it describes and analyzes the work of eight to ten-year-old U.S. ...
Lectio Divina as Contemplative Pedagogy: Re-appropriating Monastic Practice for the Humanities
1st Edition
By Mary Keator
March 28, 2019
Offering an original application of the ancient monastic practice of lectio divina to the humanities, this book demonstrates the need for further emphasis on deep reading, reflection, and contemplation in contemporary university classrooms. Each chapter provides readers with an historical overview ...
Progressive Rhetoric and Curriculum: Contested Visions of Public Education in Interwar Ontario
1st Edition
By Theodore Christou
March 28, 2019
Progressive Rhetoric: Contested Visions of Public Education in Interwar Ontario considers the ways that progressivist ideas and rhetoric shaped early curriculum and structural changes to Ontario’s public schools. Through a series of case studies, conceptual analyses, and personal reflections from ...
Educational Leadership as a Culturally-Constructed Practice: New Directions and Possibilities
1st Edition
Edited
By Jane Wilkinson, Laurette Bristol
March 21, 2019
This edited book collection disrupts received notions of educational leadership, culture and diversity as currently portrayed in practice and theory. It draws on compelling studies of educational leadership from the global north and south, as well as from a range of ethnic, religious and gendered ...
Studies in Science Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
1st Edition
Edited
By May Cheng, Alister Jones, Cathy Buntting
March 21, 2019
Consistent with international trends, there is an active pursuit of more engaging science education in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of this book is to bring together some examples of research being undertaken at a range of levels, from studies of curriculum and assessment tools, to classroom ...
Governing Literate Populations: The Political Uses of Literacy in Securing Civil Society
1st Edition
By Stephen Kelly
January 31, 2019
Securing the hearts and minds of ‘dangerous’ populations is a major concern for governments across the world. Governing Literate Populations shows how ‘governmentalities’ have deployed education and literacy in different ways in order to protect their national, social, economic and geopolitical ...
History, Theory and Practice of Philosophy for Children: International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Saeed Naji, Rosnani Hashim
January 23, 2019
This book on Philosophy for Children (P4C) is a compilation of articles written by its founders and the movement‘s leaders worldwide. These articles have been prepared in the dialogue and interview format. Part I explains the genesis of the movement, its philosophical and theoretical foundations. ...
Teacher Professional Knowledge and Development for Reflective and Inclusive Practices
1st Edition
Edited
By Ismail Amzat, Nena Padilla-Valdez
January 23, 2019
This book brings together the practice of reflective teaching and the knowledge of inclusive practices in the context of teacher education and continuing professional development. It is a call to leverage reflective teaching for inclusive practices. The first part of the book provides an overview ...
Transformative Learning and Teaching in Physical Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Malcolm Thorburn
September 27, 2018
Transformative Learning and Teaching in Physical Education explores how learning and teaching in physical education might be improved and how it might become a meaningful component of young people’s lives. With its in-depth focus on physical education within contemporary schooling, the book ...
Narrowing the Achievement Gap: Parental Engagement with Children’s Learning
1st Edition
By Janet Goodall
August 23, 2018
Narrowing the Achievement Gap proposes a radical change to our conception of learning, education and schooling, arguing that parental engagement is the best lever we have for school improvement and closing the achievement gap. Unique in its focus on original research linking underachievement and ...
Whiteness and Teacher Education
1st Edition
By Edie White
August 23, 2018
Due to the rise of internet use and a move toward globalization, it may be assumed that white millennial college students are more accepting of cultural diversity and are more likely to be advocates for social justice than generations that have come before them. This project shows that while many ...