Student's Guide to Education Studies

<p>This new edition of <i>A Student’s Guide to Education Studies</i> 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. </p><p>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:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>The sociology of education and the philosophy of education</li> <p> </p> <li>Inclusion</li> <p> </p> <li>Childhood and youth</li> <p> </p> <li>Professionalism and work-based learning</li> <p> </p> <li>Populism in politics</li> </ul><p>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. </p>