Education Policy

Early School Leaving in the European Union provides an analysis of early school leaving (ESL) in nine European Union countries, with a particular focus on young people who were previously enrolled in educational institutions inside and outside mainstream secondary education. The comparative approach..

Using research from a variety of secondary schools, the authors suggest ways to enable reality to match the ambitious expectations of political initiatives and investment into ICT in schools. This informative book is of importance, not only to teachers but also to educational researchers and policy-..

Using research from a variety of secondary schools, the authors suggest ways to enable reality to match the ambitious expectations of political initiatives and investment into ICT in schools. This informative book is of importance, not only to teachers but also to educational researchers and policy-..

Confucius and Crisis in American Universities investigates how Chinese-funded U.S. educational programs are understood and configured in both local and global terms...

This volume delivers a selection of papers presented at an international teaching conference on issues of theory and practice. These key topics will be of interest to novice and veteran teachers, policy makers and all education professionals...

This comprehensive, longitudinal analysis of arts in education initiatives, based on the A+ School Program, discusses the political, fiscal, and curricular implications inherent in taking the arts seriously and offers a model for implementation and evaluation that can be widely adapted in other scho..

Recent writing on education and social change, and a growing number of new governmental initiatives across Western societies have proceeded in denial or ignorance of the personal missions and biographical trajectories of key personnel. This book stems from an underpinning belief that we have to unde..

_x000D_ The international team of contributors to this book explore the debates and disputes surrounding the policies and documents which set out aspirational outcomes and benefits for children, their families and wider society.  They argue that if these issues are not explicitly acknowledged, under..

Decolonizing Educational Research examines the ways through which coloniality manifests in contexts of knowledge and meaning making, specifically within educational research and formal schooling...

There are dozens of myths surrounding educational reform today, maintaining the school’s role in economic competitiveness, the deficiency of teachers, the benefits of increased testing, and the worthiness of privatization. In this volume, prominent educational writers tackle contemporary issues such..

Designing for Learning in a Networked World provides answers to the following questions: what skills are required for living in a networked world; how can educators design for learning these skills and what role can and should networked learning play in a networked world? It discusses central theore..

Dialectics of Knowing strengthens the philosophical basis of formal education that has been weakened by neoliberalism over the past thirty years. This book will help scholars and practitioners to transform their education theories and practices in ways that encourage democracy, emancipation, social ..