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
Working-Class Minority Students' Routes to Higher Education
1st Edition
By Roberta Espinoza
March 05, 2015
While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book - based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural...
The Politics of Teacher Professional Development: Policy, Research and Practice
1st Edition
By Ian Hardy
December 11, 2014
The Politics of Teacher Professional Development: Policy, Research and Practice provides innovative insights into teachers’ continuing development and learning in contemporary western contexts. Rather than providing a list of "how-tos" and "must dos," this volume is premised on the understanding ...
Rethinking School Bullying: Dominance, Identity and School Culture
1st Edition
By Ronald B. Jacobson
September 11, 2014
This book takes a new angle on a much-studied phenomenon, focusing on the role of domination and identity construction, understanding and self-knowledge, moral transformation and the social community, systems of training and hierarchy used by schooling, and the role they play in ...
Teacher Development in Higher Education: Existing Programs, Program Impact, and Future Trends
1st Edition
Edited
By Eszter Simon, Gabriela Pleschová
September 11, 2014
Concerns about the quality of teaching and learning in higher education have given rise to teacher development programs and centers around the world. This book investigates the challenges and complexities of creating instructional development programs for present and future academics. Using case ...
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Educational Research: Case Studies from Europe and the Developing World
1st Edition
Edited
By Sadaf Rizvi
July 17, 2014
This book provides an original perspective on a range of controversial issues in educational and social research through case studies of multi-disciplinary and mixed-method research involving children, teachers, schools and communities in Europe and the developing world. These case studies from ...
Virtual Literacies: Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People
1st Edition
Edited
By Guy Merchant, Julia Gillen, Jackie Marsh, Julia Davies
July 03, 2014
The growth of interest in virtual worlds and other online spaces for children and young people raises important issues for literacy educators and researchers. This book is a timely and much-needed collection of current research in the area. It provides a synthesis of knowledge and understanding and...
Neoliberalism, Pedagogy and Human Development: Exploring Time, Mediation and Collectivity in Contemporary Schools
1st Edition
By Michalis Kontopodis
March 27, 2014
In most Western developed countries, adult life is increasingly organized on the basis of short-term work contracts and reduced social security funds. In this context it seems that producing efficient job-seekers and employees becomes the main aim of educational programs for the next generation. ...
Resourcing Early Learners: New Networks, New Actors
1st Edition
By Sue Nichols, Jennifer Rowsell, Helen Nixon, Sophia Rainbird
March 27, 2014
The landscape of early childhood education and care is changing. Governments world-wide are assuming increasing authority in relation to child-rearing in the years before school entry, beyond the traditional role in assisting parents to do the best they can by their children. As part of a social ...
Adolescent Literacies in a Multicultural Context
1st Edition
Edited
By Alister Cumming
March 19, 2014
This book presents results from a four-year project addressing the central question: What factors, challenges, and contexts contribute to and constrain literacy achievement among at-risk adolescent learners with culturally diverse backgrounds? Researchers consider the importance of several, ...
Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Citizenship Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, Lynn Mario T. M. de Souza
March 19, 2014
This volume bridges the gap between contemporary theoretical debates and educational policies and practices. It applies postcolonial theory as a framework of analysis that attempts to engage with and go beyond essentialism, ethno- and euro-centrisms through a critical examination of contemporary ...
Educating for Diversity and Social Justice
1st Edition
By Amanda Keddie
March 07, 2014
Educating for Diversity and Social Justice foregrounds the personal stories of educators who are engaging the space of schooling as a site of possibility for realizing the goals of social justice. It is a book inspired by a vision of education as a practice of freedom where young people – ...
Changing Schools in an Era of Globalization
1st Edition
By John Chi-Kin Lee, Brian Caldwell
February 14, 2014
Much has been written about globalization and the challenge of preparing young people for the new world of work and life in times of complexity and continuous change. However, few works have examined how globalization has and will continue to shape education in the East. This volume discusses ...