Responding to the debates the recent Browne report has sparked, this book addresses the public role of higher education. It is a manifesto arguing against the marketization of education and the inequalities that these policies will generate.
Interpersonal Regulation of Learning and Motivation is the first book in the field to focus on major methodological advances in research on interpersonal regulation and motivation in learning. Interest in developing ways of capturing the dynamics of interpersonal regulation of l…
An extensively revised second edition of this much admired, no-nonsense guide to educational research"
"Flexible, effective and creative primary school teachers require subject knowledge, an understanding of their pupils and how they learn, a range of strategies for managing behaviour and organising environments for learning, and the ability to respond to dynamic classroom situat…
This pioneering volume defines the contours of the emerging engagements of Muslim women scholars from around the world with the authoritative interpretive traditions of Islam, classical and contemporary. Muslima theology, encompassing a range of perspectives and arising from mul…
It has long been recognised that specialised knowledge is at the core of what distinguishes professions from other occupations. The privileged status of professions in most countries, however, together with their claims to autonomy and access to specialised knowledge, is being i…
L'expérience de plus de vingt ans d'enseignement a permis aux deux auteurs d'écrire ce guide unique en son genre qui couvre l'ensemble des principales cultures existant dans le monde. Il décrit la somme des connaissances censées être acquises au sortir de l'adolescence.
The sixth edition of 'The Adult Learner' is essential reading for adult learning practitioners, students and HR professionals. It provides a theoretical framework for understanding the adult learning issues both in the teaching and workplace environments. Part 1 describes the ro…
"The current higher education policy and practice landscape is simultaneously marked by uncertainty and hope, and nowhere are these tensions more present than in discussions and actions around general education. This volume uses an anthropological approach to contemplate ways of…
"The current higher education policy and practice landscape is simultaneously marked by uncertainty and hope, and nowhere are these tensions more present than in discussions and actions around general education. This volume uses an anthropological approach to contemplate ways of…
"The current higher education policy and practice landscape is simultaneously marked by uncertainty and hope, and nowhere are these tensions more present than in discussions and actions around general education. This volume uses an anthropological approach to contemplate ways of…
The decolonisation of the curriculum project
by Mentz, Elsa, de Beer, Josef, Bailey, Roxanne, van Wyk, Ben-Erik, Jagals, Divan, Laubscher, Dorothy, Mdakane, Marry, Petersen, Neal, Olivier, Jako, van der Westhuizen, Christo, Sebotsa, Tswakae, Dudu, Washington T., White, Lounell, van der Walt, Marthie, Speight Vaughn, Melissa, Potgieter, Erika, Le Grange, Lesley, Havenga, Marietjie, Golightly, Aubrey, Bester, Susan
This book is the result of a longitudinal research project (2016-2018) funded by the National Research Foundation and the Fuchs Foundation, and it disseminates original research. The project researched the affordances of indigenous knowledge in the school science, technology and…
Essa coletânea de textos produzidos por professores e alunos da linha de pesquisa Teorias Pedagógicas, Trabalho Educativo e Sociedade, do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Escolar, da Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), campus de Araraquara, traz uma contribuição origina…
Esta obra contempla os objetivos, metodologia de trabalho e perspectivas atuais do 'Observatório da Vida Estudantil', que atua em duas Instituições Federais de Ensino Superior da Bahia - a UFBA e a UFRB. A obra, formada por 12 artigos, trata de temas como o novo universitário qu…
An investigation of music videos as a form, a practice, and a literacy.Music videos were once something broadcast by MTV and received on our TV screens. Today, music videos are searched for, downloaded, and viewed on our computer screens--or produced in our living rooms and uplo…
This book is concerned with understanding the complex ways in which gender violence and poverty impact on young people's lives, and the potential for education to challenge violence. Although there has been a recent expansion of research on gender violence and schooling, the fie…
Good education changes lives. It is therefore unsurprising that improved schooling plays a central part in most development strategies. At the same time, the expansion of school attainment alone is not sufficient to guarantee improved welfare. This open access book focuses on on…