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“johan muller”

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  • Towards Powerful Educational Knowledge

    Perspectives from Educational Foundations, Curriculum Theory and Didaktik

    Edited by Jim Hordern, Johan Muller, Deng Zongyi ...
    This book explores what constitutes valid or powerful educational knowledge and the role of educational theorising in questions of educational practice. It examines the challenges facing the ‘deliberative’ educational knowledge traditions of educational foundations, curriculum theory and Didaktik as a consequence of the rising tide of empiricism in educational research, the ‘what works’ agenda in ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Muller: Castells in Africa

    Universities and Development

    by Johan Muller, Nico Cloete ...
    Castells in Africa: Universities and Development collects the papers produced by Manuel Castells on his visits to South Africa, and publishes them in a single volume for the first time. The book also publishes a series of empirically-based papers which together display the multi-faceted and far-sighted scope of his theoretical framework, and its fecundity for fine-grained, detailed empirical ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Knowledge, Expertise and the Professions

    Edited by Michael Young, Johan Muller ...
    It has long been recognised that specialised knowledge is at the core of what distinguishes professions from other occupations. The privileged status of professions in most countries, however, together with their claims to autonomy and access to specialised knowledge, is being increasingly challenged both by market pressures and by new instruments of accountability and regulation. Established and ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Curriculum and the Specialization of Knowledge

    Studies in the sociology of education

    by Michael Young, Johan Muller ...
    This book presents a new way for educators at all levels - from early years to university - to think about curriculum priorities. It focuses on the curriculum as a form of specialised knowledge, optimally designed to enable students to gain access to the best knowledge available in any field.Papers jointly written by the authors over the last eight years are revised for this volume. It draws on ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Reading Bernstein, Researching Bernstein

    Edited by Brian Davies, Ana Morais, Johan Muller ...
    Basil Bernstein is arguably one of the most important educational theorists of the late 20th century. Whilst most academics and students in sociology of education know of Bernstein, few can claim to fully understand the scope and power of his work, which simply cannot be matched by any of his contemporaries. This book, written by a team of international contributors, offers an insight into the ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Reclaiming Knowledge

    Social Theory, Curriculum and Education Policy

    by Johan Muller ...
    Reclaiming Knowledge asserts the necessity of a strong view of knowledge for a robust sociology of knowledge, for both researching the curriculum and developing policy. Divided into four sections or investigations, the central question underlying this book is how, in a world of uncertainty and challenge, do we develop a responsible knowledge practice? ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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    by Tim May ...
    This text successfully bridges the gap between theory and methods in social research, bringing understanding of the dynamics of social relations. ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education

    by Gunilla Dahlberg, Peter Moss ...
    Series series Contesting Early Childhood
    The early childhood services of Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy has gained worldwide interest and admiration. Drawing on the ‘Reggio approach’, and others, this book explores the ethical and political dimensions of early childhood services and argues the importance of these dimensions at a time when they are often reduced to technical and managerial projects, without informed consideration for ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Language Diversity and Education

    by David Corson ...
    This introductory text for students of linguistics, language, and education provides background and up-to-date information and resources that beginning researchers need for studying language diversity and education.Three framing chapters offer an update on the philosophy of social research, revealing how important language is for all the processes of learning in which humans engage, whether it is ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms

    by MILLER, Jennifer, KOSTOGRIZ, Alex, GEARON, Margaret ...
    The growing cultural, racial and linguistic diversity in schools has changed the face of language teaching in many countries. This book presents theory and research by a group of internationally recognised scholars who address the issues and challenges for teachers and their students in increasingly plurilingual and multicultural classrooms. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Educational Linguistics

    Edited by Martha Bigelow, Johanna Ennser-Kananen ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics
    The Routledge Handbook of Educational Linguistics provides a comprehensive survey of the core and current language-related issues in educational contexts. Bringing together the expertise and voices of well-established as well as emerging scholars from around the world, the handbook offers over thirty authoritative and critical explorations of methodologies and contexts of educational linguistics, ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Good Education in an Age of Measurement

    Ethics, Politics, Democracy

    by Gert J. J. Biesta ...
    The widespread use of the measurement of educational outcomes in order to compare the performance of education within and across countries seems to express a real concern for the quality of education. This book argues that the focus on the measurement of educational outcomes has actually displaced questions about educational purpose. Biesta explores why the question as to what constitutes good ... Read more

    $69.99 USD