Routledge Library Editions: Education
About the Book Series
Routledge Library Editions: Education consists of 244 volumes by some of the greatest educationalists, teaching professionals and policy makers of the twentieth century. The volumes are available in a set; in mini-sets themed by sub-discipline; or individually, in your choice of print or ebook.
The Ethnic Crucible (RLE Edu J): Harmony and Hostility in Multi-Ethnic Schools
1st Edition
By Gajendra K. Verma, Paul Zec, George Skinner
February 25, 2014
Many schools in developed countries have children and adolescents from a variety of ethnic, linguistic, religious and cultural backgrounds. They relate to each other in various degrees of encounter that range from harmony to hostility. The issue of how a school can foster inter-ethnic relationships...
The Socialization of Teachers (RLE Edu N)
1st Edition
By Colin Lacey
February 25, 2014
The change from a student role to a teacher role can be one of the most abrupt and stressful transitions in working life but the process of socialization does not end when the student becomes a fully qualified teacher, as many writers, laymen and sociologists, would have us believe. Colin Lacey ...
An Introduction to Educational Psychology
1st Edition
By Edgar Stones
February 14, 2014
This book introduces students of education to the elements of educational psychology. It also relates as closely as possible the findings of research to classroom practice. In order to make clear the fundamental processes involved in psychological development, the book starts with a study of the ...
Aspects of Educational Change
1st Edition
By Ivor Morrish
February 14, 2014
In recent years teachers have realized that change has become a permanent factor on the educational scene and therefore its operation or mechanism must not just be accepted, or even rejected, but above all understood. This book presents an approach towards some real understanding of educational ...
Aspects of Learning (RLE Edu O)
1st Edition
By Brian O'Connell
February 14, 2014
The time has passed when learning was identified purely as a process involving the ability to store and recall knowledge and facts, and the competence to produce them when required. These abilities still seriously concern the potential teacher and this book duly examines them, but the ‘whys’ and ...
Benefits Bestowed?: Education and British Imperialism
1st Edition
Edited
By J A Mangan
February 14, 2014
This volume concentrates on the processes and practices of formal education, which shaped, and were shaped by, imperial values, attitudes and behaviour. It is concerned with: The myths and visions of imperialism; The nature and extent of ethnocentric attitudes, declared and undeclared; The...
Deviance in Classrooms (RLE Edu M)
1st Edition
By David Hargreaves, Stephen Hester, Frank Mellor
February 14, 2014
When originally published this book reported the first major application of ‘labelling theory’ to deviance in classrooms. The authors explore the nature of classroom rules, show how they constitute a pervasive feature of the classroom, and examine the ways in which teachers use these rules as ...
Educability and Group Differences
1st Edition
By Arthur Jensen
February 14, 2014
Jensen is a controversial figure, largely for his conclusions based on his and other research regarding the causes of race based differences in intelligence and in this book he develops more fully the argument he formulated in his controversial Harvard Education Review article ‘How Much Can We ...
Education and the Second World War: Studies in Schooling and Social Change
1st Edition
Edited
By Roy Lowe
February 14, 2014
This was the first book which globally surveyed the impact of the Second World War on schooling. It offers fascinating comparisons of the impact of total war, both in terms of physical disruption and its effects on the ideology of schooling. By analysing the effects on the education systems of each...
Education and the Urban Crisis
1st Edition
By Frank Field
February 14, 2014
Based on two conferences, this volume explores trends during the 1960s and 1970s in inner city areas in the United Kingdom. It describes how the inner city is losing jobs and skilled workers and, as the population falls, the number of disadvantaged people and those claiming benefits is increasing. ...
Education for Sale
1st Edition
By Eric Midwinter
February 14, 2014
Teachers, schools and education authorities invariably hide their considerable lights and their public relations techniques are often inadequate for broadcasting the invaluable work accomplished in schools. This book offers clear-cut and highly –practical advice for every teacher from pre-school to...
Education in the Secondary Modern School
1st Edition
By J Dempster
February 14, 2014
The articles which make up this book, originally published in the journal The Schoolmaster were originally published at the time of The Education Act 1944 which changed the education system for secondary schools in England and Wales. This Act made secondary education free for all pupils and ...