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What happens to young people with learning difficulties in a global knowledge economy? How do we stop those with special educational needs being seen as social problems or simply as consumers of resources? Governments in developed countries are driven by the belief that in a global economy all...
To Be Published May 30th 2012 by Routledge
Gender, Masculinities and Lifelong Learning reflects on current debates and discourses around gender and education, in which some academics, practitioners and policy-makers have referred to a crisis of masculinity. This book explores questions such as: Are men under-represented in education? Are...
To Be Published June 7th 2012 by Routledge
For nearly 200 years the organisational form of the school has changed little. Bureaucracy has been its enduring form. The school has prepared the worker for the factory of mass production. It has created the 'mass consumer' to be content with accepting what is on offer, not what is wanted. However...
To Be Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Education
In most Western developed countries, adult life is increasingly organized on the basis of short-term work contracts and reduced social security funds. In this context it seems that producing efficient job-seekers and employees becomes the main aim of educational programs for the next generation....
To Be Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
The increasing international interest in pupil consultation has been partly fuelled by the encouragement of personalised/individualised learning strategies and the involvement of pupils in their learning. Drawing on an in-depth study which consulted 8 to 14 year old pupils from a variety of...
To Be Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge
This edited volume presents an overview of research and policy issues pertaining to children from birth to 10 who are first- and second-generation immigrants to the U.S., as well as native-born children of immigrants. The contributors offer interdisciplinary perspectives on recent developments and...
To Be Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge
The book provides a detailed yet clear introduction to the sociology of Basil Bernstein that will be accessible to those not already familiar with it, but also of interest to those who are. It locates his thinking within the history of the field of British sociology in his life-time, explores the...
To Be Published June 29th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Revivals
First published in 1987, Common Knowledge offers a radical departure from the traditionally individualistic psychologies which have underpinned modern approaches to educational theory and practice. The authors present a study of education as the creation of ‘common knowledge’ or shared...
To Be Published June 29th 2012 by Routledge
Building on earlier publications by Harry Daniels, Vygotsky and Sociology provides readers with an overview of the implications for research of the theoretical work which acknowledges a debt to the writings of L. S. Vygotsky and sociologists whose work echoes his sociogenetic commitments,...
To Be Published July 1st 2012 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Education
While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book - based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural...
To Be Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge
