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 Logic of Education (RLE Edu K)
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul H. Hirst, R Peters
June 09, 2014
This book explores the implications for the curriculum, for teaching and for the authority structure of schools and colleges of an analysis of ‘education’ in which the development of knowledge and understanding is accorded a central position. The book explains what philosophy of education is, and ...
The Philosophy of Education (RLE Edu K): An Introduction
1st Edition
By Harry Schofield
June 09, 2014
There are many students who find philosophy of education difficult, because they have never received teaching in the basic essentials of general philosophy. This book begins by asking the basic question ‘what is philosophy?’ and examines a number of possible answers. Step by step the reader is ...
The Rationality of Feeling (RLE Edu K): Learning From the Arts
1st Edition
By David Best
June 09, 2014
This volume emphasizes the necessity for arts teachers to nurture the personal development of their students by expanding their artistic understanding and creativity. In aiming to provide a broader understanding for the effective teaching of the arts, the author provides powerful reasons for seeing...
Theory & Practice in Education (RLE Edu K)
1st Edition
Edited
By R.F. Dearden
June 09, 2014
The main concern of the volume is the relation of theory to practice in education but the book also reviews the state of educational theory, and its relation to politics. Beginning with a group of papers on specific areas of the relation between theory and practice, the book goes on to discuss ...
A Sociology of Special Education (RLE Edu M)
1st Edition
By Sally Tomlinson
April 10, 2014
At the time of original publication, special education in Britain was permeated by an ideology of benevolent humanitarianism and this is ostensibly the moral framework within which the professionals – teachers, educational psychologists, medical officers – operate. The author widens the debate ...
American Influence on English Education
1st Edition
By W Armytage
April 10, 2014
The American ideal has exercised a powerful influence over English educational policy over the last two centuries, even as it has itself changed. Today the very size of America enables it to rehearse problems we shall meet tomorrow. This volume answers key questions for education, as relevant ...
Assessment, Schools and Society
1st Edition
By Patricia Broadfoot
April 10, 2014
The 1970s saw a growing worldwide pre-occupation with school assessment; Britain witnessed lengthy debate in response to the proposals for examination reform initiated by the Schools Council, and the setting up of an Assessment of Performance Unit to monitor standards of achievement. This book ...
Bringing Learning to Life: The Learning Revolution, The Economy and the Individual
1st Edition
By David C.A. Bradshaw
April 10, 2014
In an age of intense economic competition and continual change, the ability to learn is a key factor in survival and prosperity. This book examines the changing interaction of the world economy, Britain’s prospects for prosperity, the connections between different kinds of work and the learning ...
Case Studies in Curriculum Change: Great Britain and the United States
1st Edition
Edited
By William Reid, Decker F. Walker
April 10, 2014
One of the educationist’s major concerns today is to find effective ways of translating new goals for the curriculum into classroom practices. American and British contributions analyse curriculum change as it actually occurs, with people, institutions and constraints of time and money acknowledged...
Changing Patterns of Teacher Education (RLE Edu N)
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Raggett, Malcolm Clarkson
April 10, 2014
The Brighton Conference in 1975 was devoted to an examination of some of the problems arising from the re-organisation of teacher education in a period of economic stringency and widespread cuts in education. The book is divided into four sections. The first considers the structural changes ...
Child-Centred Education
1st Edition
By Harold Entwistle
April 10, 2014
This volume is a critical study of one of today’s most controversial topics in educational theory, setting the many arguments in perspective and clarifying the issues that arise when attention is focused on the learner. The author examines the problems of individual education, the distinctive ...
Children and Schooling
1st Edition
By Phillip Gammage
April 10, 2014
The book provides a synthesis of a broadly-based social-psychology of education and bridges the gap between theory and practice in education by emphasising the relationship between research and actuality. The author discusses the major issues in childhood socialisation relating to schooling, ...