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  • Making Sense of Mass Education

    by Gordon Tait, Nerida Spina, Jenna Gillett-Swan, Peter O'Brien ...
    Making Sense of Mass Education provides a contemporary analysis of the ideas and issues that have traditionally dominated education research, challenging outdated preconceptions with fundamental theory and discussion. It takes a demythologising approach in assessing these issues and their relevance to schooling and education in Australia. This text examines the cultural context of education and ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Casualisation, the Gig Economy, and Piece Work in Education

    Dilemmas for Leaders in Times of Increasing Precarity

    Edited by Jess Harris, Nerida Spina, Kathleen Smithers, Jill Blackmore, Sarah K. Gurr ...
    This book examines a range of ethical complexities associated with precarious work across educational sectors internationally.Our aim is to examine the experiences of the increasing reliance on casual and temporary employment in education settings for all educators. This volume brings together academic chapters, focused on the affective, ethical, and practical challenges faced by all educators ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Making Sense of Mass Education

    by Nerida Spina, Peter O'Brien, Annetta Cayas, Jenna Gillett-Swan, Gordon Tait ...
    Making Sense of Mass Education gives a comprehensive overview of the cultural contexts of education, addressing and debunking important myths in the field. This book is an approachable text for undergraduate and postgraduate readers studying the Sociology and Philosophy of Education. The text covers the rise of mass schooling as a disciplinary institution, including the governance of subjectivity ... Read more

    $72.19 USD

  • Data Culture and the Organisation of Teachers’ Work

    An Institutional Ethnography

    by Nerida Spina ...
    Data Culture and the Organisation of Teachers’ Work provides an in-depth look at how the political and media scrutiny of teachers, pupils and schools now organises teaching and learning. Spina also examines how educational data is used in schools, and where it fails to take account of the everyday experiences of school leaders, teachers and students.Drawing on primary research, and discussing ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • 'Making It' as a Contract Researcher

    A Pragmatic Look at Precarious Work

    by Nerida Spina, Jess Harris, Simon Bailey, Mhorag Goff ...
    Series series Insider Guides to Success in Academia
    ‘Making It’ as a Contract Researcher examines the contemporary experience of research employment in universities from the perspective of a significant yet often invisible group: temporary or contract researchers, who make up a substantial, and ever-growing, proportion of the academic research workforce. A critical, pragmatic and international account of the contemporary research career, this book ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • Wicked Problems in Public Policy

    Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges

    by Brian W. Head ...
    This is an open access book.This book offers the first overview of the ‘wicked problems’ literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, with both the nature of the ‘problem’ and the preferred ‘solution’ being strongly contested. It contextualises the debate using a wide range of relevant policy examples, explaining why these issues attract so much attention.There is an increasing ... Read more

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  • Ethical Evidence and Policymaking

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    Edited by Ron Iphofen, Dónal O’Mathúna ...
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This important book offers practical advice for using evidence and research in policymaking. The book has two aims. First, it builds a case for ethics and global values in research and knowledge exchange, and second, it examines specific policy areas and how evidence can guide practice.The book covers important policy areas including ... Read more

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  • Childhood and Society

    by Michael Wyness ...
    The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful, authoritative and accessible overview of competing theoretical positions on the sociological study of childhood. The book explores the ways these theories inform key themes, including education, work, identity and agency.The study of childhood has taken on an increasingly global focus in recent years, honing in on ... Read more

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  • Promoting Health

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    Why Flexible Working Leads to (Self-)Exploitation

    by Heejung Chung ...
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    $41.39 USD