This study offers a new interpretation of the debates over education and politics in the early years of the French Revolution. Following these debates from the 1760s to the Terror (1793-94) and putting well-known works in dialogue with previously-neglected sources, it situates e…
Sheds new light on the cultural origins and practical ambitions of the French Revolution through an analysis of debates over education in eighteenth-century France.
The Struggle for a Multilingual Future, Christina Davis examines the tension between ethnic conflict and multilingual education policy in the linguistic and social practices of Sri Lankan minority youth. Facing a legacy of post-independence language and education policies that w…
The Struggle for a Multilingual Future, Christina Davis examines the tension between ethnic conflict and multilingual education policy in the linguistic and social practices of Sri Lankan minority youth. Facing a legacy of post-independence language and education policies that w…
"At once a book about Oxford and Heidelberg universities and about the character of European society on the eve of the World War I, Our Friend "The Enemy" challenges the idea that pre-1914 Europe was bound to collapse. Weber brings Britain and Germany's preeminent universities a…
A controversial look at the positive things that can be learned from video games by a well known professor of education. James Paul Gee begins his new book with "I want to talk about video games-yes, even violent video games-and say some positive things about them." With this si…
What is education?
A reconsideration of the philosophical destiny of education What is education? This volume thinks through this question from a range of perspectives unique perspectives. Revealing the contentions and possibilities of a new engagement with the question of education, it will give …
What is education?
A reconsideration of the philosophical destiny of education What is education? This volume thinks through this question from a range of perspectives unique perspectives. Revealing the contentions and possibilities of a new engagement with the question of education, it will give …