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  • Ethnography and Schools

    Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Education

    by Phil Francis Carspecken, Douglas Foley, Perry Gilmore, Peter N. Kiang, Joe L. Kincheloe, Peter McLaren, James Joseph Scheurich, David Smith, George D. Spindler, Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco, Henry T. Trueba, Harry F. Wolcott ...
    Series series Immigration and the Transnational Experience Series
    The ethnographic experience is an indelible venture that continuously redefines one's life. Bringing together important cross-currents in the national debate on education, this book introduces the student or practitioner to the challenges, resources, and skills informing ethnographic research today. From the first chapter describing the cultural foundations of ethnographic research, by George ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

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  • Restoring Opportunity

    The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education

    by Greg J. Duncan, Richard J. Murnane ...
    In this landmark volume, Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane lay out a meticulously researched case showing how—in a time of spiraling inequality—strategically targeted interventions and supports can help schools significantly improve the life chances of low-income children.The authors offer a brilliant synthesis of recent research on inequality and its effects on families, children, and schools ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Second Language Writing Research

    Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction

    Edited by Paul Kei Matsuda, Tony Silva ...
    In this original volume, eighteen researchers from different parts of the world reflect on their own research projects, providing insights into key methodological issues in research on second language writing. By offering a glimpse into the process of constructing and negotiating knowledge in the field--the messy space of situated practices of inquiry--it helps to demystify the research process, ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Purposes, Practices, and Professionalism of Teacher Reflectivity

    Insights for Twenty-First-Century Teachers and Students

    by Sunya T. Collier, Dean Cristol, Sandra Dean, Donna H. Foss, Rebecca K. Fox, Eric Greenwald, Leah Herner-Patnode, Barbara Larrivee Hea-Jin Lee, Jane McCarthy, Christie McIntyre, Rejoyce Soukup Milam, Melissa Mosley, Mistilina Sato, Jason Jude Smith, Anne Rath, Audra Roach, Katie Russell, Kelly Vaughn, Angela Webster-Smith, Ruth Chung Wei, Rachel Wlodarksy, Diane Yendol-Hoppey, Martha Young, Fred A.J. Korthagen, James L. Hoffman, Nancy P. Gallavan, Linda Quinn, Jian Wang, Lynn Paine, C Stephen White, Nancy Fichtman Dana, D.John McIntyre, Walter S. Polka ...
    Very little information about the impact of reflection on teacher performance, teacher retention, and student learning is available in teacher preparation programs. This book provides practical and research-based chapters that offer greater clarity about the particular kinds of reflection that matter and avoids talking about teacher reflection generically, which implies that all kinds of ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Improving Learning through the Lifecourse

    Learning Lives

    by Gert Biesta, John Field, Phil Hodkinson, Flora J. Macleod, Ivor F. Goodson ...
    Series series Improving Learning
    Adult learning matters. There is now widespread agreement that modern countries depend on the creativity, skills and knowledge of the entire population for their prosperity. Many people talk of our future well-being in terms of a ‘knowledge economy’ or a ‘learning society’ in which every person’s ability to develop new capabilities will provide them with resources that will help them and the wider ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Classroom-based Research and Evidence-based Practice

    An Introduction

    by Keith Taber ...
    This refreshing Second Edition offers a helpful overview of educational research for those training to be teachers, or setting out on classroom-based research projects.The book illustrates the nature and logic of the research process, and supports readers in critically evaluating the strengths and limitations of published studies.Drawing on a variety of relevant examples, the book demonstrates ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Does Religious Education Work?

    A Multi-dimensional Investigation

    by Professor James C. Conroy, Mr David Lundie, Professor Robert A. Davis, Professor Vivienne Baumfield, Dr L. Philip Barnes, Professor Tony Gallagher, Mr Kevin Lowden, Dr Nicole Bourque, Dr Karen J. Wenell ...
    Society for Educational Studies Annual Book Prize winner: 2nd PrizeThis ground-breaking volume draws upon a rich and variegated range of methodologies to understand more fully the practices, policies and resources available in and to religious education in British schools. The descriptions, explanations and analyses undertaken here draw on an innovative combination of policy work, ethnography, ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Innovations in Educational Ethnography

    Theories, Methods, and Results

    by George Spindler, Lorie Hammond ...
    This volume focuses on and exemplifies how ethnography--a research tool devoted to looking at human interaction as a cultural process rather than individual psychology--can shed light on educational processes framed by the complex, internationalized societies in which we live today. Part I offers theoretical chapters about ethnography and examples of innovative ethnography from particular ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Leading and Managing Indigenous Education in the Postcolonial World

    by Zane Ma Rhea ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
    This book brings together the academic fields of educational leadership, educational administration, strategic change management, and Indigenous education in order to provide a critical, multi-perspective, systems level analysis of the provision of education services to Indigenous people. It draws on a range of theorists across these fields internationally, mobilising social exchange and ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Meanings and Motivation in Education Research

    Edited by Margaret M. Baguley, Yvonne S. Findlay, Martin C. Kerby ...
    Meanings and Motivation in Education Research demonstrates the vibrant and vital connection between the researcher and their research. Research is often perceived as an entity which is seemingly produced in isolation; however, there are many important factors which are involved, and this book explores the complexities of investigating the specific areas of meaning and motivation for researchers ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Identity-Trajectories of Early Career Researchers

    Unpacking the Post-PhD Experience

    by Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The book asks how we can make sense of career paths for PhD graduates, something that has rarely been systematically studied. It offers a coherent synthesis of the empirically-based insights that arose from the experiences of 48 early career researchers, who were participants in a 10-year qualitative longitudinal research program. The book has the power to inform other researchers’ conceptual and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • The New Significance of Learning

    Imagination's Heartwork

    by Pádraig Hogan ...
    Should education be understood mainly as a practice in its own right, or is it essentially a subordinate affair to be shaped and controlled by a society’s powers-that-be?What difference does it make if students are chiefly viewed as recipients of a set of skills and knowledge, or as active participants in their own learning?Does education have a responsibility in cultivating humanity’s maturity, ... Read more

    $63.99 USD