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41. Monsters Under the Bed

    Critically investigating early years writing

    By Andrew Melrose

    Monsters Under the Bed is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for ‘early years’ children. Containing a critically creative and a creatively critical investigation of the cult and culture of the child and childhood in fiction and non-fictional writing,...

    Published January 18th 2012 by Routledge
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45. Everyday Ethics

    Reflections on Practice

    Edited by Gretchen Rossman, Sharon Rallis

    Everyday Ethics: Reflections on Practice looks at the moments that demand moral consideration and ethical choice that arise as part of a researcher’s daily practice. Drawing on principles of systematic inquiry as transparent and grounded in conceptual reasoning, it describes research as praxis and...

    Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
46. Education and Incarceration

    Edited by Erica R. Meiners, Maisha T. Winn

    The United States of America is in possession of the largest prison population in the world, with 2.3 million people currently behind bars. This number is predominantly and disproportionately made up of communities of colour and poverty. Between 1987 and 2007, the U.S. prison population tripled;...

    Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
47. Politics and the Primary Teacher

    By Peter Cunningham

    Series: Understanding Primary Education Series

    Why is primary education so high on the political agenda, and so contentious? Why is the performance of primary schools so often in the media spotlight? Why should primary teachers trouble themselves with the politics of their work? Politics and the Primary Teacher is an accessible introduction...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
48. The Routledge International Handbook of Learning

    Edited by Peter Jarvis, Mary Watts

    Series: Routledge International Handbooks of Education

    As our understanding of learning focuses on the whole person rather than individual aspects of learning, so the process of learning is beginning to be studied from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines. This handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the contemporary research into...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
49. Poverty and Literacy

    Edited by Nathalis Wamba

    There is a mutual dependence between poverty and academic achievement, creative pedagogies for low-income pupils, school models that ‘beat the odds’, and the resiliency of low-income families dedicated to the academic success of their children. This book examines the connection between poverty and...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
50. Rethinking Gendered Regulations and Resistances in Education

    Edited by Jessica Ringrose

    Rethinking Gendered Regulations and Resistances in Education highlights key debates on the theme of ‘regulation and resistance’, focusing on some of the most pressing contemporary issues in the field of gender and education today. It underlines the need for educational research to attend to...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge