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
Multilingual Digital Storytelling: Engaging creatively and critically with literacy
1st Edition
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By Jim Anderson, Vicky Macleroy
October 26, 2017
Classrooms are increasingly multicultural in their social composition, and students are increasingly connected, through digital media, to local and global networks. However, pedagogy has failed to take full advantage of the opportunities these resources represent. Multilingual Digital Storytelling ...
How Arts Education Makes a Difference: Research examining successful classroom practice and pedagogy
1st Edition
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By Josephine Fleming, Robyn Gibson, Michael Anderson
October 12, 2017
This book presents ground-breaking research on the ways the Arts fosters motivation and engagement in both academic and non-academic domains. It reports on mixed method, international research that investigated how the Arts make a difference in the lives of young people. Drawing on the findings of ...
Technology-Enhanced Language Learning for Specialized Domains: Practical applications and mobility
1st Edition
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By Elena Martin-Monje, Izaskun Elorza, Blanca García Riaza
October 12, 2017
Technology-Enhanced Language Learning for Specialized Domains provides an exploration of the latest developments in technology-enhanced learning and the processing of languages for specific purposes. It combines theoretical and applied research from an interdisciplinary angle, covering general ...
A New Vision of Liberal Education: The good of the unexamined life
1st Edition
By Alistair Miller
August 30, 2017
‘This is an extremely important book. Wonderfully well researched and written, it develops a powerful argument about how we should conceive of the aims of education and design curricula. It should define the field for a very considerable period of time.’ - Professor Michael J Reiss, Institute of ...
Diversity, Intercultural Encounters, and Education
1st Edition
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By Susana Gonçalves, Markus A. Carpenter
May 31, 2017
This book concerns the challenges and tensions rising from mass migration flows, unbalanced north-south and east-west relations and the increasing multicultural nature of society. The scope of the book’s theme is global, addressing diversity and identity, intercultural encounters and conflict, and ...
Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Societies: The Case of Black Academic Underachievement
1st Edition
By Paul C. Mocombe, Carol Tomlin
May 31, 2017
In postindustrial economies such as the United States and Great Britain, the black/white achievement gap is perpetuated by an emphasis on language and language skills, with which black American and black British-Caribbean youths often struggle. This work analyzes the nature of educational pedagogy ...
Participation, Facilitation, and Mediation: Children and Young People in Their Social Contexts
1st Edition
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By Claudio Baraldi, Vittorio Iervese
May 31, 2017
Traditionally, children have been considered from a primarily developmental perspective, in need of education in order to achieve autonomy, growth, and eventually adulthood. Childhood studies have recently underlined an alternate way to look at children, starting from the consideration that ...
Care in Education: Teaching with Understanding and Compassion
1st Edition
By Sandra Wilde
May 24, 2017
This philosophical commentary explores the meaning and significance of care in education, demonstrating how teaching with care enriches the art and soul of pedagogy. Wilde draws upon Western and Eastern philosophies that envision an integrated image of care to illuminate the value of ...
Commitment, Character, and Citizenship: Religious Education in Liberal Democracy
1st Edition
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By Hanan A. Alexander, Ayman K. Agbaria
May 24, 2017
As liberal democracies include increasingly diverse and multifaceted populations, the longstanding debate about the role of the state in religious education and the place of religion in public life seems imperative now more than ever. The maintenance of religious schools and the planning of ...
Family, Community, and Higher Education
1st Edition
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By Toby S. Jenkins
May 24, 2017
This book explores social topics and experiences that illustrate the various ways in which the family unit influences and impacts college students. In the text, the authors not only explore family memories, but also challenge the traditional lack of inclusion and appreciation for “family” as ...
Geography and Social Justice in the Classroom
1st Edition
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By Todd W. Kenreich
May 24, 2017
The rise of critical discourses in the discipline of geography has opened up new avenues for social justice. Geography and Social Justice in the Classroom brings together contemporary research in geography and fresh thinking about geography’s place in the social studies curriculum. The book’s main ...
Mainstreams, Margins and the Spaces In-between: New possibilities for education research
1st Edition
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By Karen Trimmer, Ali Black, Stewart Riddle
May 24, 2017
This book explores the complexities of investigating minorities, majorities, boundaries and borders, and the experiences of researchers who choose to work in these spaces. It engages with issues of ethics, disclosure and representation, and contends with and seeks to contribute to emerging debates ...