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:
Manon Berset: [email protected] – Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Spirituality, Community, and Race Consciousness in Adult Higher Education: Breaking the Cycle of Racialization
1st Edition
By Timothy Westbrook
June 07, 2019
Drawing on the lived experiences of Black students in adult degree completion programs at predominantly White, Christian institutions in the southern United States, this book presents a model for reimagining adult higher education. Westbrook explores the reasons students enrolled in degree programs...
Teaching Young Learners in a Superdiverse World: Multimodal Approaches and Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Heather Lotherington, Cheryl Paige
June 07, 2019
This book documents a collaborative action research project in one school where researchers and practitioners worked together to develop multimodal literacies and pedagogies for diverse, multilingual elementary classrooms. Following chronologically from Lotherington’s Pedagogy of Multiliteracies (...
Youth Voices, Public Spaces, and Civic Engagement
1st Edition
Edited
By Stuart Greene, Kevin Burke, Maria McKenna
June 07, 2019
This collection of original research explores ways that educators can create participatory spaces that foster civic engagement, critical thinking, and authentic literacy practices for adolescent youth in urban contexts. Casting youth as vital social actors, contributors shed light on the ways in ...
African American English and the Achievement Gap: The Role of Dialectal Code Switching
1st Edition
By Holly Craig
June 04, 2019
Many African American children make use of African American English (AAE) in their everyday lives, and face academic barriers when introduced to Standard American English (SAE) in the classroom. Research has shown that students who can adapt and use SAE for academic purposes demonstrate ...
Contemplative and Artful Openings: Researching Women and Teaching
1st Edition
By Susan Walsh
May 21, 2019
Highlighting an arts-based inquiry process that involves contemplation, mindful awareness, and artful writing, this book explores women’s difficult experiences in teaching. It weaves a strong autobiographical thread with artifacts from several research projects with female teachers. By linking ...
Children Writing Poems: Poetic Voices in and out of School
1st Edition
By Janine Certo
May 07, 2019
This volume demonstrates how the social and instructional worlds that children inhabit influence their poetry writing and performances. Drawing on rich vignettes of students from different racial, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, it describes and analyzes the work of eight to ten-year-old U.S. ...
Lectio Divina as Contemplative Pedagogy: Re-appropriating Monastic Practice for the Humanities
1st Edition
By Mary Keator
March 28, 2019
Offering an original application of the ancient monastic practice of lectio divina to the humanities, this book demonstrates the need for further emphasis on deep reading, reflection, and contemplation in contemporary university classrooms. Each chapter provides readers with an historical overview ...
Progressive Rhetoric and Curriculum: Contested Visions of Public Education in Interwar Ontario
1st Edition
By Theodore Christou
March 28, 2019
Progressive Rhetoric: Contested Visions of Public Education in Interwar Ontario considers the ways that progressivist ideas and rhetoric shaped early curriculum and structural changes to Ontario’s public schools. Through a series of case studies, conceptual analyses, and personal reflections from ...
Educational Leadership as a Culturally-Constructed Practice: New Directions and Possibilities
1st Edition
Edited
By Jane Wilkinson, Laurette Bristol
March 21, 2019
This edited book collection disrupts received notions of educational leadership, culture and diversity as currently portrayed in practice and theory. It draws on compelling studies of educational leadership from the global north and south, as well as from a range of ethnic, religious and gendered ...
Studies in Science Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
1st Edition
Edited
By May Cheng, Alister Jones, Cathy Buntting
March 21, 2019
Consistent with international trends, there is an active pursuit of more engaging science education in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of this book is to bring together some examples of research being undertaken at a range of levels, from studies of curriculum and assessment tools, to classroom ...
Governing Literate Populations: The Political Uses of Literacy in Securing Civil Society
1st Edition
By Stephen Kelly
January 31, 2019
Securing the hearts and minds of ‘dangerous’ populations is a major concern for governments across the world. Governing Literate Populations shows how ‘governmentalities’ have deployed education and literacy in different ways in order to protect their national, social, economic and geopolitical ...
History, Theory and Practice of Philosophy for Children: International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Saeed Naji, Rosnani Hashim
January 23, 2019
This book on Philosophy for Children (P4C) is a compilation of articles written by its founders and the movement‘s leaders worldwide. These articles have been prepared in the dialogue and interview format. Part I explains the genesis of the movement, its philosophical and theoretical foundations. ...