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 in Education in a Global, Pluralised World
1st Edition
By Marian de Souza
December 21, 2017
A particular problem associated with international research in the field of spirituality and education is the reluctance of scholars to agree on what spirituality means, with numerous descriptions increasing ambiguity and reducing the impact of research in the discipline. This book argues that it ...
The Education of Radical Democracy
1st Edition
By Sarah S. Amsler
December 21, 2017
The Education of Radical Democracy explores why radical democracy is so necessary, difficult, and possible and why it is important to understand it as an educative activity . The book draws on critical social theory and critical pedagogy to explain what enables and sustains work for radical ...
Using Narrative Inquiry for Educational Research in the Asia Pacific
1st Edition
Edited
By Sheila Trahar, Wai Ming Yu
December 08, 2017
Narrative inquiry is being used more widely in the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Northern European countries to conduct research across a range of disciplines. It is gaining popularity in Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland China, but research in these contexts continues to be dominated...
Improvising the Curriculum: Alternatives to Scripted Schooling
1st Edition
By Michael Corbett, Ann Vibert, Mary Green
November 17, 2017
Equipped with cultural tools like cell phones, computers and video cameras, youth are called upon to improvise and construct themselves symbolically in a continuously connected world; yet new teachers and students are still expected to learn and deliver standardized, placeless forms of scripted ...
Intersections of Formal and Informal Science
1st Edition
Edited
By Lucy Avraamidou, Wolff-Michael Roth
November 17, 2017
Science learning that takes place between and at the intersections of formal and informal science environments has not been systematically reviewed to offer a comprehensive understanding of the existing knowledge base. Bringing together theory and research, this volume describes the various ways in...
Multilingual Digital Storytelling: Engaging creatively and critically with literacy
1st Edition
Edited
By Jim Anderson, Vicky Macleroy
October 26, 2017
Classrooms are increasingly multicultural in their social composition, and students are increasingly connected, through digital media, to local and global networks. However, pedagogy has failed to take full advantage of the opportunities these resources represent. Multilingual Digital Storytelling ...
How Arts Education Makes a Difference: Research examining successful classroom practice and pedagogy
1st Edition
Edited
By Josephine Fleming, Robyn Gibson, Michael Anderson
October 12, 2017
This book presents ground-breaking research on the ways the Arts fosters motivation and engagement in both academic and non-academic domains. It reports on mixed method, international research that investigated how the Arts make a difference in the lives of young people. Drawing on the findings of ...
Technology-Enhanced Language Learning for Specialized Domains: Practical applications and mobility
1st Edition
Edited
By Elena Martin-Monje, Izaskun Elorza, Blanca García Riaza
October 12, 2017
Technology-Enhanced Language Learning for Specialized Domains provides an exploration of the latest developments in technology-enhanced learning and the processing of languages for specific purposes. It combines theoretical and applied research from an interdisciplinary angle, covering general ...
A New Vision of Liberal Education: The good of the unexamined life
1st Edition
By Alistair Miller
August 30, 2017
‘This is an extremely important book. Wonderfully well researched and written, it develops a powerful argument about how we should conceive of the aims of education and design curricula. It should define the field for a very considerable period of time.’ - Professor Michael J Reiss, Institute of ...
Diversity, Intercultural Encounters, and Education
1st Edition
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By Susana Gonçalves, Markus A. Carpenter
May 31, 2017
This book concerns the challenges and tensions rising from mass migration flows, unbalanced north-south and east-west relations and the increasing multicultural nature of society. The scope of the book’s theme is global, addressing diversity and identity, intercultural encounters and conflict, and ...
Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Societies: The Case of Black Academic Underachievement
1st Edition
By Paul C. Mocombe, Carol Tomlin
May 31, 2017
In postindustrial economies such as the United States and Great Britain, the black/white achievement gap is perpetuated by an emphasis on language and language skills, with which black American and black British-Caribbean youths often struggle. This work analyzes the nature of educational pedagogy ...
Participation, Facilitation, and Mediation: Children and Young People in Their Social Contexts
1st Edition
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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 ...