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
Evidence-based Practice in Education: Functions of evidence and causal presuppositions
1st Edition
By Tone Kvernbekk
December 21, 2017
Much educational debate today is dominated by a "what works" vocabulary, intimately associated with evidence-based practice (EBP). The vocabulary consists of concepts and ideas such as accountability, competency, effectiveness, employability, learning outcomes, predictability, qualifications, and ...
Imagination for Inclusion: Diverse contexts of educational practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Derek Bland
December 21, 2017
Imagination for Inclusion offers a reconsideration of the ways in which imagination engages and empowers learners across the education spectrum, from primary to adult levels and in all subject areas. Imagination as a natural, expedient, and exciting learning tool should be central to any approach ...
My School: Listening to parents, teachers and students from a disadvantaged educational setting
1st Edition
By Lesley Scanlon
December 21, 2017
Education issues feature almost daily in print media, online, on the radio and on television, much of which focuses on the perceived deficits of students and teachers. Singled out for special attention are low socio-economic status (SES) schools which are frequently characterised by teachers and ...
Populism, Media and Education: Challenging discrimination in contemporary digital societies
1st Edition
Edited
By Maria Ranieri
December 21, 2017
Based on a major research project funded by the European Commission, Populism, Media and Education studies how discriminatory stereotypes are built online with a particular focus on right-wing populism. Globalization and migration have led to a new era of populism and racism in Western countries, ...
Quality Teaching and the Capability Approach: Evaluating the work and governance of women teachers in rural Sub-Saharan Africa
1st Edition
By Alison Buckler
December 21, 2017
This book provides an analytical exploration of the condition of teachers working in expanding school systems across the world, with a particular focus on the lives of women teachers in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing from award-winning research, it looks beyond the official portrayals of ...
Reconceptualising Agency and Childhood: New perspectives in Childhood Studies
1st Edition
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By Florian Esser, Meike S. Baader, Tanja Betz, Beatrice Hungerland
December 21, 2017
By regarding children as actors and conducting empirical research on children’s agency, Childhood Studies have gained significant influence on a wide range of different academic disciplines. This has made agency one of the key concepts of Childhood Studies, with articles on the subject featured in ...
School Health Education in Changing Times: Curriculum, pedagogies and partnerships
1st Edition
By Deana Leahy, Lisette Burrows, Louise McCuaig, Jan Wright, Dawn Penney
December 21, 2017
This book explores the complex nexus of discourses, principles and practices within which educators mobilise school-based health education. Through an interrogation of the ideas informing particular models and approaches to health education, the authors provide critical insights into the principles...
Spirituality in Education in a Global, Pluralised World
1st Edition
By Marian de Souza
December 21, 2017
A particular problem associated with international research in the field of spirituality and education is the reluctance of scholars to agree on what spirituality means, with numerous descriptions increasing ambiguity and reducing the impact of research in the discipline. This book argues that it ...
The Education of Radical Democracy
1st Edition
By Sarah S. Amsler
December 21, 2017
The Education of Radical Democracy explores why radical democracy is so necessary, difficult, and possible and why it is important to understand it as an educative activity . The book draws on critical social theory and critical pedagogy to explain what enables and sustains work for radical ...
Using Narrative Inquiry for Educational Research in the Asia Pacific
1st Edition
Edited
By Sheila Trahar, Wai Ming Yu
December 08, 2017
Narrative inquiry is being used more widely in the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Northern European countries to conduct research across a range of disciplines. It is gaining popularity in Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland China, but research in these contexts continues to be dominated...
Improvising the Curriculum: Alternatives to Scripted Schooling
1st Edition
By Michael Corbett, Ann Vibert, Mary Green
November 17, 2017
Equipped with cultural tools like cell phones, computers and video cameras, youth are called upon to improvise and construct themselves symbolically in a continuously connected world; yet new teachers and students are still expected to learn and deliver standardized, placeless forms of scripted ...
Intersections of Formal and Informal Science
1st Edition
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By Lucy Avraamidou, Wolff-Michael Roth
November 17, 2017
Science learning that takes place between and at the intersections of formal and informal science environments has not been systematically reviewed to offer a comprehensive understanding of the existing knowledge base. Bringing together theory and research, this volume describes the various ways in...