Philosophy Social Aspects category: 5622 books
Education and Social Control
A Study in Progressive Primary Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
First published in 1975, this book offers a critique of some of the ‘new perspectives’ in the sociology of education. This is achieved through a case study of a progressive child centred school.
The book suggests that a liberal approach to education fails to appreciate how thoroughly a...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The manner in which we variously come to an understanding of our world presents problems for us all, but the unified method by which we ought best to acquire such knowledge represents the particular problem of contemporary education. This important book seeks to explore some of the underlying practises...
Classroom Interactions and Social Learning
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Today's classroom presents a wealth of opportunities for social interaction amongst pupils, leading to increased interest in teachers and researchers into the social nature of learning.
While classroom interaction can be a valuable tool for learning, it does not necessarily lead to useful learning...
Philosophical Perspectives on Social Cohesion
New Directions for Educational Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
What would the civic relationship between citizens in a socially cohesive society look like? What models might we use to educate young people to support developing these bonds? Do these different models have different implications for how we structure the bonds that support a civic relationship?
Philosophical...
Supplementary Schools and Ethnic Minority Communities
A Social Positioning Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2018
This book provides a unique perspective into the world of supplementary schooling, exploring both the social positioning of these schools and the ethnic minority communities they serve. The author presents a close examination of the establishment and functioning of supplementary schools which offers...
Critical Voices in Teacher Education
Teaching for Social Justice in Conservative Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
We live in dangerous times when educational policies and practices are debated largely in terms of how they fit with the needs of the free market. This volume is a collection of writing by teacher-educators that draws on their unique biographies, experiences and perspectives to denounce these misguided...
The Socially Just School
Making Space for Youth to Speak Back
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book explores schools and how they can function as social institutions that advance the interests and life chances of all young people, especially those who are already the most marginalized and at an educational disadvantage. Social justice is a key theme as the book examines the needs of youth,...
Miseducation
Inequality, education and the working classes
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
In this book Diane Reay, herself working class turned Cambridge professor, brings Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden’s pioneering Education and the Working Class from 1962 up to date for the 21st century. Drawing on over 500 interviews, the book, part of the 21st Century Standpoints series published...
Domestic Violence and Children Mental Health
Ecological Perspectives to Children Exposure to Domestic Violence
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Social Pedagogy / Social Work, grade: A, University of Botswana (Social Sciences), course: Master of Social Work, language: English, abstract: The recent interest in children's exposure to domestic violence (DV) has brought about the argument concerning...
What's the Buzz?
A Social Skills Enrichment Programme for Primary Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Some children, for all manner of reasons, struggle to make friends and fit in socially. What’s the Buzz? is a unique sixteen-lesson social skills enrichment programme designed to explicitly teach children how to think and relate to others in social situations.
This lively, highly practical...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2019
In this book various scholars explore the material in science and science education and its role in scientific practice, such as those practices that are key to the curriculum focuses of science education programs in a number of countries.
As a construct, culture can be understood* as...
Constructing Methodology for Qualitative Research
Researching Education and Social Practices
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
This book explores the webs of vulnerability in methodological decision-making that illustrate the deceptive strength of qualitative research. Each chapter will resonate with readers differently as they read themselves into the tensions and tangles of qualitative research when confronted with the...
Money Machines
Electronic Financial Technologies, Distancing, and Responsibility in Global Finance
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
While we have become increasingly vulnerable to the ebb and flow of global finance, most of us know very little about it. This book focuses on the role of technology in global finance and reflects on the ethical and societal meaning and impact of financial information and communication technologies...
by Amanda Keddie
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Educating for Diversity and Social Justice foregrounds the personal stories of educators who are engaging the space of schooling as a site of possibility for realizing the goals of social justice. It is a book inspired by a vision of education as a practice of freedom where young people – especially...