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.
Making Imperial Mentalities: Socialisation and British Imperialism
1st Edition
Edited
By J A Mangan
June 09, 2014
This book discusses the way in which those born into the British empire were persuaded to accept it, often with enthusiasm. The study compares the perceptions of people at ‘home’, in the dominions and in the colonies. Across the diversity of imperial territories it explores themes such as the ...
Moral Philosophy for Education (RLE Edu K)
1st Edition
By Robin Barrow
June 09, 2014
Teachers and students are frequently confused as to the relevance of abstract philosophical theorising to the reality of the classroom and this book is distinctive for the attention it devotes to philosophy and its potential contribution to practical matters, and education in particular. The author...
Power & Authority in British Universities
1st Edition
By Graeme Moodie, Rowland Eustace
June 09, 2014
In facing the question ‘who runs the universities’, the authors have carried out over a period of years an extensive programme of interviews, both formal and informal, as well as a detailed study of documents. Their findings are written up in the language of politics – in terms of power, authority,...
Rebirth of Rhetoric
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard Andrews
June 09, 2014
Rebirth of Rhetoric brings together contributions from several fields to provide a forum in which a unifying theory for language and literature studies can be debated.The book does not aim to resurrect classical Renaissance rhetoric, but to remake it within a contemporary context. The context of ...
Rethinking Teacher Education
1st Edition
Edited
By David Hopkins, Ken Reid
June 09, 2014
In recent years there has been a new mood in teacher education. The emphasis is on professional studies, on encouraging trainee teachers to think intelligently about how to tackle problems of the classroom.This book surveys the developments which are taking it further in both Britain and ...
Role Conflict and the Teacher (RLE Edu N)
1st Edition
By Gerald Grace
June 09, 2014
Gerald Grace here explores the concept of role conflict and the current theorizing about the problems of the teacher’s role. He investigates four potential problem areas – role diffuseness, role vulnerability, role commitment versus career orientation, and value conflict – in a sample of one ...
Secondary Education for All: Origins and Development in England
1st Edition
By H C Dent
June 09, 2014
The Education Act of 1944 launched an unprecedented experiment in the history of education in the UK. This book is a brief survey of the routes by which compulsory free secondary education was arrived at, as well as an examination of the position in 1949 and suggestions for the future....
Sex Roles and the School
1st Edition
By Sara Delamont
June 09, 2014
Schools reflect the society which surrounds them but they must also be agents of change. The last few decades have seen an explosion of research on gender and education and, in this volume the author examines in a rigorous but highly accessible way, new research findings and new strategies for ...
Society and the Teacher's Role (RLE Edu N)
1st Edition
By Frank Musgrove, Philip Taylor
June 09, 2014
This study describes research into teachers’ role conceptions and uncertainties in different types of school and neighbourhood. The authors examine in particular pupils’ and parents’ conceptions of the teacher’s role, and the conflicts which teachers experience when they are exposed to different ...
Studies in the History of Educational Theory Vol 1 (RLE Edu H): Nature and Artifice, 1350-1765
1st Edition
By G Bantock
June 09, 2014
This book examines key theorists in depth in order to give some insight into cultural change as reflected in their curricular recommendations and in the interplay they reveal between the two fundamental educational concepts of ‘artifice’ and ‘nature’. The essays on the various theorists – Erasmus, ...
The Arts in the Primary School
1st Edition
By Rod Taylor, Glennis Andrews
June 09, 2014
Firmly based on the authors’ personal experience, this book tackles a wide range of issues relating to the teaching of the arts in the primary school. The authors illustrate how primary children of all ages can be educated to both know about and to practice all the major art forms, and how a school...
The Irish Education Experiment: The National System of Education in the Nineteenth Century
1st Edition
By Donald Akenson
June 09, 2014
This volume focuses on the creation, structure and evolution of the Irish national system of education. It illustrates how the system was shaped by the religious, social and political realities of nineteenth century Ireland and discusses the effects that the system had upon the Irish nation: namely...