Educational Theory category: 17068 books
Democratic Education and the Public Sphere
Towards John Dewey’s theory of aesthetic experience
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
This book considers John Dewey’s philosophy of democratic education and his theory of public sphere from the perspective of the reconstruction and redefinition of the dominant liberalist movement. By bridging art education and public sphere, and drawing upon contemporary mainstream philosophies,...
Educational Contexts and Borders through a Cultural Lens
Looking Inside, Viewing Outside
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
This book provides a “context” of discussion for researchers and educational experts in order to rethink the relationship between actors, practices and borders within the educational contexts. The research in educational psychology has often challenged the concept of “educational context”....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
This innovative volume integrates social identity theory with research on teaching and education to shed new and fruitful light on a variety of different pedagogical concerns and practices. It brings together researchers at the cutting edge of new developments with a wealth of teaching and research...
Educational Theory and Jewish Studies in Conversation
From Volozhin to Buczacz
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2012
Educational Theory and Jewish Studies in Conversation: From Volozhin to Buczacz, by Harvey Shapiro, PhD, brings together two different fields of study—modern Jewish studies and contemporary educational theory—to provide new theoretical frameworks for their interaction. Although Jewish studies...
Ethical Educational Leadership in Turbulent Times
(Re) Solving Moral Dilemmas
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Educational leaders not only face moral and ethical decisions regarding their classrooms, schools, districts, and education institutions, but they also must consider the complexities and threats that impact their communities. In this unstable era of war, terrorism, natural disasters, accountability,...
by Tara Fenwick, Richard Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2010
Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has enjoyed wide uptake in the social sciences in the past three decades, particularly in science and technology studies, and is increasingly attracting the attention of educational researchers. ANT studies bring to the fore the material – objects of all kinds – and...
Education, Leadership and Islam
Theories, discourses and practices from an Islamic perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
Educational institutions are undergoing complex and sensitive changes in the context of immigration, international mobility, globalisation, and shifting economic scenarios, making highly challenging demands on educational leaders. Leadership is increasingly being perceived and theorised as pivotal...
Educational Theory (RLE Edu K)
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
This book comes strongly to the defence of educational theory and shows that it has a structure and integrity of its own. The author argues that the validity of educational theory may best be judged in terms of the various assumptions made in it. His argument is illustrated by a review and critique...
by Robert J. Mislevy
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Several key developments challenge the field of educational measurement today: demands for tests at larger scales with higher stakes, an improved understanding of how people develop capabilities, and new technologies for interactive digital assessments. Sociocognitive Foundations of Educational Measurement...
Educational Psychology
A Century of Contributions: A Project of Division 15 (educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Educational Psychology: A Century of Contributions--the first comprehensive book-length treatment of this topic--looks at the historic contributions of 16 leading psychologists, as well as others, who influenced the field of educational psychology from its philosophical moorings in the late 19th century...
Educational Leadership
Theorising Professional Practice in Neoliberal Times
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Educational Leadership brings together innovative perspectives on the crucial role of theory and theorising in educational leadership at a time when the multiple pressures of marketisation, competition and system fragmentation dominate the educational landscape. This original and highly thought-provoking...
School Didactics And Learning
A School Didactic Model Framing An Analysis Of Pedagogical Implications Of learning theory
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
In this book a new theory on instruction is presented - a reflective theory of school didactics - uniquely incorporating continental German and Nordic research traditions in the theory of didactics (Didaktik), together with Anglo-American research on teaching (instructional research) and cognitivist...
by Jill Blackmore
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Drawing on the work of Nancy Fraser, this book offers a critical view of contemporary educational leadership and reform discourses, exploring how her key concepts of redistribution, recognition and representation may apply to social and therefore educational justice.
Fraser offers a political...
Henri Lefebvre and Education
Space, history, theory
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
During his lifetime Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) was renowned in France as a philosopher, sociologist and activist. Although he published more than 70 books, few were available in English until The Production of Space was translated in 1991. While this work - often associated with geography - has influenced...