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
Sonic Studies in Educational Foundations: Echoes, Reverberations, Silences, Noise
1st Edition
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By Walter S. Gershon, Peter M. Appelbaum
December 13, 2021
Originally published as a special issue of Educational Studies, this volume demonstrates the ways in which sound considerations can significantly contribute to educational foundations. Regardless of their origin or interpretation, sounds are theoretically and practically foundational to educational...
Challenging Perceptions of Africa in Schools: Critical Approaches to Global Justice Education
1st Edition
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By Barbara O’Toole, Ebun Joseph, David Nyaluke
August 02, 2021
This book challenges educational discourse in relation to teaching about Africa at all levels of the education system in the Global North, with a specific case study focusing on the Republic of Ireland. The book provides an interrogation of the proliferation of negative imagery of and messages ...
Applying Cultural Historical Activity Theory in Educational Settings: Learning, Development and Research
1st Edition
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By May Britt Postholm, Kirsten Foshaug Vennebo
June 30, 2021
Applying Cultural Historical Activity Theory in Educational Settings harnesses research and development for educational improvement, bridging the gap between research and practice. Exploring how collaborations between researchers and practitioners can be used to co-construct solutions to real-world...
Designing for Situated Knowledge Transformation
1st Edition
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By Nina Bonderup Dohn, Stig Børsen Hansen, Jens Jørgen Hansen
June 30, 2021
How can knowledge developed in one context be put to use in other contexts? How can students learn to do so? How can educators design for learning this? These are fundamental challenges to many forms of education. The challenges are amplified in contemporary society where people traverse many ...
Issues in Teaching and Learning of Education for Sustainability: Theory into Practice
1st Edition
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By Chew-Hung Chang, Gillian Kidman, Andy Wi
June 30, 2021
In a fast-changing, globalising world, the teaching and implementation of a curriculum for Education for Sustainability (EfS) has been a challenge for many teachers. Issues in Teaching and Learning of Education for Sustainability highlights the issues and challenges educators and academics face in ...
Legacies of Christian Languaging and Literacies in American Education: Perspectives on English Language Arts Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning
1st Edition
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By Mary M. Juzwik, Jennifer C. Stone, Kevin J. Burke, Denise Dávila
June 30, 2021
Because spiritual life and religious participation are widespread human and cultural phenomena, these experiences unsurprisingly find their way into English language arts curriculum, learning, teaching, and teacher education work. Yet many public school literacy teachers and secondary teacher ...
The Transformative Classroom: Philosophical Foundations and Practical Applications
1st Edition
By Douglas Yacek
June 24, 2021
Transformative approaches to teaching and learning have become ubiquitous in education today. Researchers, practitioners and commentators alike often claim that a truly worthwhile education should transform learners in a profound and enduring way. But what exactly does it mean to be so transformed?...
Fear and Schooling: Understanding the Troubled History of Progressive Education
1st Edition
By Ronald W. Evans
April 01, 2021
By exploring the tensions, impacts, and origins of major controversies relating to schooling and curricula since the early twentieth century, this insightful text illustrates how fear has played a key role in steering the development of education in the United States.Through rigorous historical ...
Young People’s Transitions into Creative Work: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities
1st Edition
By Julian Sefton-Green, S Craig Watkins, Ben Kirshner
April 01, 2021
Exploring how formal and informal education initiatives and training systems in the US, UK and Australia seek to achieve a socially diverse workforce, this insightful book offers a series of detailed case studies to reveal the initiative and ingenuity shown by today’s young people as they navigate ...
Affect, Embodiment, and Place in Critical Literacy: Assembling Theory and Practice
1st Edition
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By Kimberly Lenters, Mairi McDermott
March 31, 2021
This book explores the impact of sensation, affect, ethics, and place on literacy learning from early childhood through to adult education. Chapters bridge the divide between theory and practice to consider how contemporary teaching and learning can promote posthuman values and perspectives.By ...
Blended Basic Language Courses: Design, Pedagogy, and Implementation
1st Edition
By Hope Anderson
March 31, 2021
Blended Basic Language Courses: Design, Pedagogy, and Implementation examines lower-division blended courses in fifty-two second language programs at U.S. colleges and universities. Drawing upon a large-scale original study of language faculty, instructors, program directors, and students who have ...
Digital Storytelling in Indigenous Education: A Decolonizing Journey for a Métis Community
1st Edition
By Yvonne Poitras Pratt
March 31, 2021
Exploring the relationship between the role of education and Indigenous survival, Digital Storytelling in Indigenous Education is an ethnographic exploration of how digital storytelling can be part of a broader project of decolonization of individuals, their families, and communities.By recounting ...