A Student's Guide to Education Studies

This new edition of A Student’s Guide to Education Studies is an essential resource for any undergraduate making their first explorations into the fascinating world of education. It explores a wide range of alternative visions of education encouraging students to challenge the perceived notions about learning and knowledge. Offering new perspectives and powerful ideas for discussion on a variety of long-standing topics such as class, race and gender, the book is organised around five enduring themes: Policy and Politics, Global and Environmental Education, Knowledge and Learning, Childhood and Youth, Professionalism and Employment. With a distinctive international and global focus, this new edition has been extensively updated to reflect the latest research and thinking in the field and features new chapters on: The sociology of education and the philosophy of education Inclusion Childhood and youth Professionalism and work-based learning Populism in politics Including summary points, questions for discussion and annotated suggestions for further reading, this book provides the theoretical background needed to carry out a critical analysis of education policy and practice and is an essential resource for all students of Education Studies.

Introduction: The study of education Section 1 – Policy and Politics 1 Education Policy and Marketisation – Stephen Ward 2 Education and Social Justice – Catherine Simon 3 Race, Ethnicity and Education in England – Charlotte Chadderton 4 Gender and Work – Christine Eden 5 Education and Social Mobility – Richard Riddell 6 Educational Achievement: An intersectional approach – Christine Eden 7 The Inclusion Agenda in Mainstream Primary Schools? – Zeta Brown and Jo Winwood Section 2 – Global and Environmental Education 8 International and Comparative Education – Brendan Bartram 9 Globalisation and Populism: Why intercultural education failed – David Coulby 10 Religion and Worldviews in Education – Denise Cush 11 Education and Climate Change – David Hicks 12 Education for Sustainability – David Hicks Section 3 – Knowledge and Learning 13 The Sociology of Knowledge – Rita Chawla-Duggan 14 Social Psychology and Learning – Cathal O’Siochru 15 Philosophy and Education – Tom Feldges 16 Creative Pedagogy for Empowerment through Expressive Arts – June Bianchi 17 Information Technology and Learning – Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou Section 4 – Childhood and Youth 18 Early Years Education – Ioanna Palaiologou and Zenna Kingdon 19 The ‘Resilient’ Child: Defining and supporting children’s resilience – Zeta Brown and Jo Winwood 20 Health and Education – Bethan Mitchell Section 5 – Professionalism and Employment 21 Work-based Learning – Catherine Simon 22 Professionalism – Jim Hordern, Kendra McMahon Notes on contributors Index

Catherine A. Simon is a principal lecturer in Education Studies at Bath Spa University, UK. Stephen Ward is Professor Emeritus of Education at Bath Spa University, UK.