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  • Social Haunting, Education, and the Working Class

    A Critical Marxist Ethnography in a Former Mining Community

    by Kat Simpson ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Education, Neoliberalism, and Marxism
    Based on a critical Marxist ethnography, conducted at a state primary school in a former coalmining community in the north of England, this book provides insight into teachers’ perceptions of the effects of deindustrialisation on education for the working class.The book draws on the notion of social haunting to help understand the complex ways in which historical relations and performances, ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Education, Work and Social Change in Britain’s Former Coalfield Communities

    The Ghost of Coal

    Edited by Robin Simmons, Kat Simpson ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This edited book presents a range of chapters written by new and established authors, drawing on a range of different perspectives and traditions to critically analyse education, work and social change in the former coalfields. Historically, coal was one of Britain’s major industries, employing over a million men at its peak. But mining was more than an occupation - it was a way of life for those ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • OCR Sociology for A Level Book 1

    by Sue Brisbane, Katherine Roberts, Paul Taylor, Steve Chapman, Jannine Jacobs-Roth, Nayda Ali ...
    Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Build students' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a team of leading subject authors.- Develop knowledge and understanding of key Year 1 concepts in... ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Gender and Lifelong Learning

    Critical Feminist Engagements

    Edited by Carole Leathwood, Becky Francis ...
    This insightful book is ideal for students, researchers and policy makers wanting a sound overview of the critical issues of gender in lifelong learning. Asking pertinent questions relating to discourses on policy, the authors offer the reader a rare view of lifelong learning from a gender-focused perspective, filling a gap in the literature and moving current debate on into new areas. Questions ... Read more

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  • The Irregular School

    Exclusion, Schooling and Inclusive Education

    by Roger Slee ...
    Series series Foundations and Futures of Education
    Should disabled students be in regular classrooms all of the time or some of the time? Is the regular school or the special school or both the solution for educating students with a wide range of differences?Inclusive education has been incorporated in government education policy around the world. Key international organisations such as UNESCO and OECD declare their commitment to Education for All ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Poverty

    by Ruth Lister ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to the meaning and experience of poverty in the contemporary world.The book opens with a lucid discussion of current debates around the definition and measurement of poverty in industrialized societies, before ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Geography

    Teaching School Subjects 11-19

    by John Morgan, David Lambert ...
    Series series Teaching School Subjects 11-19
    When Geography specialists decide they want to teach, it can be a daunting prospect to enter a real classroom, no matter how much subject knowledge they already possess. Geography: Teaching School Subjects 11-19 puts the subject into perspective and shows new teachers and student teachers how to make Geography accessible and interesting for their pupils. Divided into three sections the book ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Ethical Issues in Social Work

    Edited by Richard Hugman, David Smith ...
    Series series Professional Ethics
    It has always been recognised that the practice of social work raises ethical questions and dilemmas. Recently, however, traditional ways of addressing ethical issues in social work have come to seem inadequate, as a result of developments both in philosophy and in social work theory and practice. This collection of thought-provoking essays explores the ethics of social work practice on the light ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Feminism and 'The Schooling Scandal'

    by Christine Skelton, Becky Francis ...
    Feminism and ‘The Schooling Scandal’ brings together feminist contributions from two generations of educational researchers, evaluating and celebrating the field of gender and education. The focus throughout is on the years of compulsory schooling, examining key concepts in gender and education identified and developed by international thinkers in educational feminism. Topics covered include ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Youth, The 'Underclass' and Social Exclusion

    Edited by Robert Macdonald ...
    The idea that Britain, the US and other western societies are witnessing the rise of an underclass of people at the bottom of the social heap, structurally and culturally distinct from traditional patterns of `decent' working-class life, has become increasingly popular in the 1990s. Anti-work, anti-social, and welfare dependent cultures are said to typify this new `dangerous class' and `dangerous ... Read more

    $275.00 USD

  • The Micro-Politics of the School

    Towards a Theory of School Organization

    by Stephen J. Ball ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    Stephen Ball’s micro-political theory of school organization is a radical departure from traditional theories. He rejects a prescriptive ‘top down’ approach and directly addresses the interest and concerns of teachers and current problems facing schools. In doing so he raises question about the adequacy and appropriateness of the existing forms of organizational control in schools. Through case ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Thinking Through Ethics and Values in Primary Education

    Edited by Sally Hawkins, Carol Hughes, Linda Cooper, Barbara Thompson, Gianna Knowles, Glenn Stone, Vini Lander ...
    Series series Thinking Through Education Series
    Thinking Through Ethics and Values in Primary Education is an accessible text that encourages readers to explore deeply the ethics and values surrounding primary education. The text helps the reader to critically reflect on the principles that underpin education. Specifically written for education students in the later years of their course, the text draws on research and practice to explore the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD