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
Participatory Learning in the Early Years: Research and Pedagogy
1st Edition
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By Donna Berthelsen, Jo Brownlee, Eva Johansson
February 23, 2012
The early years are an important period for learning, but the questions surrounding participatory learning amongst toddlers remain under-examined. This book presents the latest theoretical and research perspectives about how ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) contexts promote democracy and ...
Postmodern Picturebooks: Play, Parody, and Self-Referentiality
1st Edition
By Lawrence R. Sipe, Sylvia Pantaleo
February 23, 2012
Over the past 15 years, there has been a pronounced trend toward a particular type of picturebook that many would label "postmodern." Postmodern picturebooks have stretched our conventional notion of what constitutes a picturebook, as well as what it means to be an engaged reader of these texts. ...
Education and Neoliberal Globalization
1st Edition
By Carlos Alberto Torres
February 21, 2012
This volume by noted critical education scholar Carlos Alberto Torres takes up the question of how structural changes in schooling and the growing impacts of neoliberalism and globalization affect social change, national development, and democratic educational systems throughout the world. The...
Improving Teacher Education through Action Research
1st Edition
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By Ming-Fai Hui, David L. Grossman
November 14, 2011
There has been a dearth of studies on teacher educators using action research to improve their own practice. This book is the first systematic study of a group of teachers examining and enhancing their own practice through the inquiry process of action research. This book presents a broad overview ...
Science, Society and Sustainability: Education and Empowerment for an Uncertain World
1st Edition
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By Donald Gray, Laura Colucci-Gray, Elena Camino
October 06, 2011
Recent work in science and technological studies has provided a clearer understanding of the way in which science functions in society and the interconnectedness among different strands of science, policy, economy and environment. It is well acknowledged that a different way of thinking is required...
Play, Creativity and Digital Cultures
1st Edition
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By Rebekah Willett, Muriel Robinson, Jackie Marsh
August 15, 2011
Recent work on children's digital cultures has identified a range of literacies emerging through children's engagement with new media technologies. This edited collection focuses on children's digital cultures, specifically examining the role of play and creativity in learning with these new ...
Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills: Findings from Longitudinal Research
1st Edition
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By Stephen Reder, John Bynner
August 15, 2011
Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend ...
Structure and Agency in the Neoliberal University
1st Edition
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By Joyce E. Canaan, Wesley Shumar
July 29, 2011
This volume considers how current transitions in postsecondary education are impacting Higher Education (HE) institutions and subjects in a number of Northern nations, as well as how these transitions are indicative of the wider shift from the welfare to the market state. The university ...
Education and Poverty in Affluent Countries
1st Edition
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By Carlo Raffo, Alan Dyson, Helen Gunter, Dave Hall, Lisa Jones, Afroditi Kalambouka
May 16, 2011
For the first time, researchers, policymakers and practitioners across the world will have access to a comprehensive mapping of research evidence and policy strategies about education and poverty in affluent countries. Although there is widespread agreement that poverty and poor educational ...
Political Approaches to Educational Administration and Leadership
1st Edition
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By Eugenie A. Samier, with Adam G. Stanley
May 06, 2011
This collection explores the political philosophy and theory foundations for educational administration and leadership as they influence our understanding, analysis and practice in the field. The first section, "Political Philosophy: The Foundations," discusses the work of such writers as ...
What’s So Important About Music Education?
1st Edition
By J. Scott Goble
January 04, 2011
What’s So Important About Music Education? presents a new philosophy of music education for the United States, rooted in history and current perspectives from ethnomusicology. J. Scott Goble explores the societal effects of the nation's foundations in democracy and capitalism, the constitutional ...
Policy Discourses, Gender, and Education: Constructing Women's Status
1st Edition
By Elizabeth J. Allan
August 09, 2010
Despite over thirty years of activism and legislation to eliminate discrimination, parity has yet to be achieved for women in academe. This book describes policy discourse analysis as a framework for considering how those involved in policy-making efforts may make use of discourses that ...