Education Studies

1st Edition
0335237630 · 9780335237630
This book is an essential guide for all education studies students, providing you with a clear overview of the key issues within your first year. It is an introductory text that encourages critical engagement, to enable you to develop a detailed unde… Read More
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Section 1 Theoretical Perspectives
Chapter 1 What is Education?
Chapter 2 The Struggle for Secondary Education
Chapter 3 Educational Ideologies
Section 2 Policy
Chapter 4 An Introduction to Educational Policy
Chapter 5 A Different Schooling?
Chapter 6 England Nul Points?
Section 3 Society and the Individual
Chapter 7 How People Learn
Chapter 8 Social Factors in Education
Chapter 9 Education: Who Gets What?
Section 4 Inside the School
Chapter 10 Early Years Education
Chapter 11 Inclusion: A Special Case for Treatment
Chapter 12 Ideology and the Curriculum
This book is an essential guide for all education studies students, providing you with a clear overview of the key issues within your first year. It is an introductory text that encourages critical engagement, to enable you to develop a detailed understanding of the power and importance of education.

The issues are presented in four main sections - Theoretical Perspectives; Policy; Society and the Individual; Inside the School - helping you to make the connections between the different themes. 'Stop, Think and Do' boxes play a key part throughout the book, encouraging you to critically reflect on both the issues within the chapters and within Education as a whole.

Other features include:

  • Introductions to each chapter to link the themes discussed in each section
  • A summary of the key issues in each chapter for reflection
  • Examples and case studies
  • Links to key readings
The book helps you to extend your understanding of educational issues beyond schools to other phases of educational provision.