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  1. Education Networks

    Power, Wealth, Cyberspace, and the Digital Mind

    By Joel Spring

    Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education

    Education Networks is a critical analysis of the emerging intersection among the global power elite, information and communication technology, and schools. Joel Spring documents and examines the economic and political interests and forces —including elite networks, the for-profit education industry...

    Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge

  2. The Education of Eros

    A History of Education and the Problem of Adolescent Sexuality

    By Dennis L. Carlson

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    The Education of Eros is the first and only comprehensive history of sexuality education and the “problem” of adolescent sexuality from the mid-20th century to the beginning of the 21st. It explores how professional health educators, policy makers, and social and religious conservatives...

    Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Education, Capitalism and the Global Crisis

    Edited by Stephen Ball, Meg Maguire, Ivor Goodson

    Education, Capitalism and the Global Crisis focuses on Andrew Gamble’s book The Spectre at the Feast and its analysis of the background to, conduct of, and possible consequences and opportunities brought about by, the current global economic crisis. The views expressed represent a range of...

    Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Migration, Education and Socio-Economic Mobility

    Edited by Nitya Rao

    The primacy of education in development agendas is unquestioned. With the gradual acknowledgement of the potential benefits that migration can hold for development, the relationship between migration and education is a growing area of research. Migration, Education and Socio-Economic Mobility...

    Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge

  5. Educating for the Knowledge Economy?

    Critical perspectives

    Edited by Hugh Lauder, Michael Young, Harry Daniels, Maria Balarin, John Lowe

    The promise, embraced by governments around the world, is that the knowledge economy will provide knowledge workers with a degree of autonomy and permission to think which enables them to be creative and to attract high incomes. What credence should we give to this promise? The current economic...

    Published January 5th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Education, Philosophy and Politics

    The Selected Works of Michael A. Peters

    By Michael A Peters

    Series: World Library of Educationalists

    In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/practical contributions - so the world can read them in...

    Published January 5th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Professionalism in Early Childhood Education and Care

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Carmen Dalli, Mathias Urban

    The professionalism of the early childhood sector has gained prominence on the policy agendas of many countries. National pedagogical frameworks or curricula and an upsurge of pathways to gaining or upgrading qualifications has led to a pervasive terminology of professionalism. Yet, despite the...

    Published December 31st 2011 by Routledge

  8. Neoliberalism and the Global Restructuring of Knowledge and Education

    By Steven C. Ward

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    This book examines the influence of neoliberal ideas and practices on the way knowledge has been conceptualized, produced, and disseminated over the last few decades at different levels of public education and in various national contexts around the world....

    Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge

  9. Education in the Black Diaspora

    Perspectives, Challenges, and Prospects

    Edited by Kassie Freeman, Ethan Johnson

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This volume gathers scholars from around the world in a comparative approach to the various educational struggles of people of African descent, advancing the search for solutions and bringing to light new facets of the experiences of black people in the era of globalization....

    Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge

  10. Educating for Diversity and Social Justice

    By Amanda Keddie

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    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 –...

    Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge

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