Education Studies: An Introduction - Couverture rigide

Mufti, Emmanuel; Kassem, Derek; Murphy, Lisa; Garden, Angela

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0335223508 ISBN 13 : 9780335223503

Editeur : Open University Press, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is an essential guide for all education studies students, providing you with a clear overview of the key issues within your first year. It is an introductory text that encourages critical engagement, to enable you to develop a detailed understanding of the power and importance of education.

The issues are presented in four main sections - Theoretical Perspectives; Policy; Society and the Individual; Inside the School - helping you to make the connections between the different themes. 'Stop, Think and Do' boxes play a key part throughout the book, encouraging you to critically reflect on both the issues within the chapters and within Education as a whole.

Other features include:

• Introductions to each chapter to link the themes discussed in each section
• A summary of the key issues in each chapter for reflection
• Examples and case studies
• Links to key readings

The book helps you to extend your understanding of educational issues beyond schools to other phases of educational provision.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This major text for Education Studies students provides a critical account of key issues in education today. The text features:

• A critical analysis of key issues in Education Studies to encourage students’ thinking about education in the broadest terms
• Themed sections with introductions to link the issues discussed in each chapter
• Use of specific examples of educational diversity to illustrate how concerns such as ethnicity, gender and class operate in educational institutions
• An examination of educational issues as they relate to other phases of educational provision, such as home schooling and universities

Education Studies: Issues and Critical Perspectives is an essential text for Education Studies students. It is also of value to students on QTS courses and students and professionals in areas such as sociology, childhood studies, community studies and education policy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Open University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0335223508
• ISBN 13: 9780335223503
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 216