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:
AnnaMary Goodall: [email protected]– Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Hardwick: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Participation, Facilitation, and Mediation: Children and Young People in Their Social Contexts
1st Edition
Edited
By Claudio Baraldi, Vittorio Iervese
May 31, 2017
Traditionally, children have been considered from a primarily developmental perspective, in need of education in order to achieve autonomy, growth, and eventually adulthood. Childhood studies have recently underlined an alternate way to look at children, starting from the consideration that ...
Care in Education: Teaching with Understanding and Compassion
1st Edition
By Sandra Wilde
May 24, 2017
This philosophical commentary explores the meaning and significance of care in education, demonstrating how teaching with care enriches the art and soul of pedagogy. Wilde draws upon Western and Eastern philosophies that envision an integrated image of care to illuminate the value of ...
Commitment, Character, and Citizenship: Religious Education in Liberal Democracy
1st Edition
Edited
By Hanan A. Alexander, Ayman K. Agbaria
May 24, 2017
As liberal democracies include increasingly diverse and multifaceted populations, the longstanding debate about the role of the state in religious education and the place of religion in public life seems imperative now more than ever. The maintenance of religious schools and the planning of ...
Family, Community, and Higher Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Toby S. Jenkins
May 24, 2017
This book explores social topics and experiences that illustrate the various ways in which the family unit influences and impacts college students. In the text, the authors not only explore family memories, but also challenge the traditional lack of inclusion and appreciation for “family” as ...
Geography and Social Justice in the Classroom
1st Edition
Edited
By Todd W. Kenreich
May 24, 2017
The rise of critical discourses in the discipline of geography has opened up new avenues for social justice. Geography and Social Justice in the Classroom brings together contemporary research in geography and fresh thinking about geography’s place in the social studies curriculum. The book’s main ...
Mainstreams, Margins and the Spaces In-between: New possibilities for education research
1st Edition
Edited
By Karen Trimmer, Ali Black, Stewart Riddle
May 24, 2017
This book explores the complexities of investigating minorities, majorities, boundaries and borders, and the experiences of researchers who choose to work in these spaces. It engages with issues of ethics, disclosure and representation, and contends with and seeks to contribute to emerging debates ...
The Role of Participants in Education Research: Ethics, Epistemologies, and Methods
1st Edition
Edited
By Warren Midgley, Patrick Alan Danaher, Margaret Baguley
May 24, 2017
This book explores different perspectives on the role, influence and importance of participants in education research. Drawing on a variety of philosophical, theoretical and methodological approaches, the book examines how researchers relate to and with their participants before, during, and after ...
Collaboration and the Future of Education: Preserving the Right to Think and Teach Historically
1st Edition
By Gordon Andrews, Wilson J. Warren, James Cousins
May 18, 2017
Current educational reforms have given rise to various types of "educational Taylorism," which encourage the creation of efficiency models in pursuit of a unified way to teach. In history education curricula, this has been introduced through scripted textbook-based programs such as Teacher ...
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Distance Teaching: Connecting Classrooms in Theory and Practice
1st Edition
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By Alan Blackstock, Nathan Straight
May 18, 2017
Synchronous technologies, particularly interactive video conferencing (IVC), are becoming common modes of teaching and delivering college courses. The increasing popularity of IVC in the U.S. and abroad calls for more pedagogically effective practices for instructors using this technology. This ...
Navigating Model Minority Stereotypes: Asian Indian Youth in South Asian Diaspora
1st Edition
By Rupam Saran
May 18, 2017
Though Asian Indians are typically thought of as a "model minority", not much is known about the school experiences of their children. Positive stereotyping of these immigrants and their children often masks educational needs and issues, creates class divides within the Indian-American community, ...
Performing Kamishibai: An Emerging New Literacy for a Global Audience
1st Edition
By Tara McGowan
May 18, 2017
Kamishibai (paper-theater), a Japanese picture-storytelling medium, is gaining global interest as we move from a text-based culture to one that emphasizes multiple semiotic systems and performance. This is the first volume to explore the potential of kamishibai as a dynamic "new" interactive medium...
Progressive Sexuality Education: The Conceits of Secularism
1st Edition
By Mary Lou Rasmussen
May 18, 2017
This book engages contemporary debates about the notion of secularism outside of the field of education in order to consider how secularism shapes the formation of progressive sexuality education. Focusing on the US, Canada, Ireland, Aotearoa-New Zealand and Australia, this text considers the ...