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Säfström, Carl Anders, Ed.; Biesta, Gert, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2023
This book explores democratic possibilities for education after the critique of the impact of neo-liberalism on educational policy and practice. Together, the authors investigate the contours of a 'new publicness' of education. This edited volume refers to well-established critiques that expose how neoliberal governance has normalised the…
Descriptors: Democracy, Neoliberalism, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Tamboukou, Maria, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2022
This edited volume explores how Stephen Ball's work has shaped the field of the sociology of education worldwide. Written by internationally based researchers who are Ball's former PhD students, it draws on different strands of his work to show what it means to think, write, and do research inspired by Ball's theory, methodology, and epistemology.…
Descriptors: Sociology, Research, Ethics, Educational Research
Monkman, Karen, Ed.; Frkovich, Ann, Ed.; Proweller, Amira, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2022
This volume offers a timely collection of research-based studies that engage with contemporary conditions of precarity across an array of locations, exploring how it is understood, experienced, and acted upon by educators in schools, universities, and nonformal educational spaces. Precarity presents as layered, unpredictable, destabilizing, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Social Justice, Multicultural Education, Educational Policy
Conchas, Gilberto Q., Ed.; Hinga, Briana M., Ed.; Abad, Miguel N., Ed.; Gutierrez, Kris D., Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2019
"The Complex Web of Inequality in North American Schools" analyzes and challenges the critical gaps and inequalities that persist in the American school system. Showing how historical biases have been inherited in current polices relating to non-dominant youth, the text calls for educational reforms that perform in the name of social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Educational Change, Social Justice
Cheng, Yin Cheong – Routledge Research in Education, 2019
As social contexts and demands change in the 21st century, pedagogies and policies must adapt to keep up. Increasing emphasis on global preparedness, competitivity, and holistic education alongside a fast-paced, ever-changing environment may make policy implementation difficult. However, Cheng asserts that it is only by understanding the current…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Van den Branden, Kris – Routledge Research in Education, 2019
"Rethinking Schools and Renewing Energy for Learning" presents a comprehensive view on the major challenges educators face in the 21st century, and the ways in which schools can make a difference. It describes key principles that can serve as guidelines for tackling those challenges in an effective and manageable way, looking both at…
Descriptors: Educational Change, 21st Century Skills, Teaching Methods, Guides
Chang, Chew-Hung, Ed.; Kidman, Gillian, Ed.; Wi, Andy, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2019
In a fast-changing, globalising world, the teaching and implementation of a curriculum for Education for Sustainability (EfS) has been a challenge for many teachers. "Issues in Teaching and Learning of Education for Sustainability" highlights the issues and challenges educators and academics face in implementing EfS and gives examples of…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Curriculum Implementation, Theory Practice Relationship, Social Problems
Gershon,, Walter S., Ed.; Appelbaum, Peter M., Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2019
Originally published as a special issue of Educational Studies, this volume demonstrates the ways in which sound considerations can significantly contribute to educational foundations. Regardless of their origin or interpretation, sounds are theoretically and practically foundational to educational experiences. As the means through which…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Educational Experience, Foundations of Education, Educational Policy
Mockler, Nicole; Groundwater-Smith, Susan – Routledge Research in Education, 2018
"Questioning the Language of Improvement and Reform in Education" challenges the language used in education by linking the language of both the public and professional domains with the changing intentions of the governance of education. Exploring various issues, which embody the many manifestations of the manner in which strident,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Language Usage, Discourse Analysis
Loo, Sai, Ed.; Jameson, Jill, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2016
"Vocationalism in Further and Higher Education" presents a collection of research-based papers on the 'English model' of vocationalism and higher education. It argues that negative societal and political perceptions have hindered the debate about the significance and relevance of vocational education and training provision to learning,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Job Training
Fleming, Josephine, Ed.; Gibson, Robyn, Ed.; Anderson, Michael, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2015
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 a longitudinal quantitative study led by the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Outcomes of Education, Learning Motivation, Learner Engagement
Scanlon, Lesley – Routledge Research in Education, 2015
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 students with little investment in learning and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Foreign Countries, Low Income, National Competency Tests