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  • Transformative Teaching and Learning in Further Education

    Pedagogies of Hope and Social Justice

    by Rob Smith, Vicky Duckworth ...
    Series series Key Issues in Social Justice
    Based on the Transforming Lives research project, this book explores the transformative power of further education.The book outlines a timely and critical approach to educational research and practice, and draws extensively on the testimonies of students and teachers to construct a model of transformative teaching and learning. It critiques reductive ‘skills’ policies in further education and ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Learning Trajectories, Violence and Empowerment amongst Adult Basic Skills Learners

    by Vicky Duckworth ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Lifelong Learning and Adult Education
    Learning Trajectories, Violence and Empowerment amongst Adult Basic Skills Learners offers deep insights into the lives of marginalised communities and the link between learning, literacy and violence, not previously carried out in-depth in a small scale study. It breaks the negative stereo-types of adults who struggle to read and write, who are often labelled and stigmatised by dominant ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education

    by Professor Liz Atkins, Professor Vicky Duckworth ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Research Methods for Education
    Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education offers researchers a full understanding of very important concepts, showing how they can be used a means to develop practical strategies for undertaking research that makes a difference to the lives of marginalised and disadvantaged learners. It explores different conceptualisations of social justice and equity, and leads the reader ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Resisting Neoliberalism in Education

    Local, National and Transnational Perspectives

    by Carlos Vargas-Tamez, Lesley Hagger-Vaughan, Emily Winchip, Alison Milner, Howard Stevenson, Pamela Osmond, Keiko Yasukawa, Pia Cort, Anne Larson, Francesca Rapanà0, Marcella Milana1, Fergal Finnegan2, Jo Bates3, Katherine Quinn4, Annmarie Sheahan5, Mia Angelica Sosa-Provencio6, Shawn Secatero7, Shiv Desai8, Bob Lingard9, Zhe Chen0, David Hursh1, Christine Hall2, Pat Thomson3, Elisabeth Davies4, Rachel Heydon5, Lori Mckee6, Lyn Tett7, Rob Smith9, Gwyneth Allatt0, Vicky Duckworth1, Virginie Thériault2 ...
    Neoliberalism has been widely criticised because of its role in prioritising ‘free markets’ as the optimum way of solving problems and organising society. In the field of education, this leads to an emphasis on the knowledge economy that can reduce both persons and education to economic actors and be detrimental to wider social and ethical goals.Drawing on a range of international contexts across ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Teaching and Training Vocational Learners

    by Steve Ingle, Vicky Duckworth ...
    Series series Further Education and Skills
    If you are teaching or training to teach vocational learners across the further education and skills sector or in the workplace, this is your essential guide.Teaching and Training Vocational Learners is a focused text written to support those who are working with vocational learners, taking into account the specific needs of this group. It provides practical advice and guidance to help you to ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Understanding Behaviour 14+

    by Vicky Duckworth ...
    The aim of this book is to help the reader approach behavioural problems through meaningful self evaluation and reflection. ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Adult Literacy Policy and Practice

    From Intrinsic Values to Instrumentalism

    by Vicky Duckworth, Gordon Ade-Ojo ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores the gradual evolution of Adult literacy policy from the 1970s using philosophical, sociological and economic frames of reference from a range of perspectives to highlight how priorities have changed. It also offers an alternative curriculum; a transformative model that presents a more socially just different value position. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • How to be a Brilliant FE Teacher

    A practical guide to being effective and innovative

    by Vicky Duckworth ...
    How to be a Brilliant FE Teacher is a straightforward, friendly guide to being an effective and innovative teacher in post-compulsory education. Focussing on practical advice drawn from the author’s extensive and successful personal experience of both teaching and training teachers, it offers sound guidance, underpinned by the latest research, theory and policy in the field.Structured around the ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Landscapes of Specific Literacies in Contemporary Society

    Exploring a social model of literacy

    Edited by Vicky Duckworth, Gordon Ade-Ojo ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    This volume makes a timely contribution to our understanding of literacy as a multi-faceted, complexly situated activity. Each chapter provides the reader with a fresh perspective into a different site for literate behaviour, approaches, design and relationships, and offers an exploration into the use of literacy theories to inform policy and practice, particularly in regard to curriculum.Bringing ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Successful Teaching Practice in the Lifelong Learning Sector

    by Jane Wood, John Bostock, Vicky Duckworth, John Dickinson ...
    Series series Achieving QTLS Series
    This book provides clear guidance on how to approach initial teaching experience, how to plan effective sessions, how to work well with your mentor and how to make the most out of your new career. Through focusing on the real-life experiences of both in-service and pre-service trainee teachers, it offers the opportunity to reflect on and learn from an array of diverse teaching practice experiences ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • Purposeful Program Theory

    Effective Use of Theories of Change and Logic Models

    by Sue C. Funnell, Patricia J. Rogers ...
    Series Book 31 - Research Methods for the Social Sciences
    Between good intentions and great results lies a program theory-not just a list of tasks but a vision of what needs to happen, and how. Now widely used in government and not-for-profit organizations, program theory provides a coherent picture of how change occurs and how to improve performance. Purposeful Program Theory shows how to develop, represent, and use program theory thoughtfully and ... Read more

    $85.00 USD

  • Psychology at Work

    by Dr Peter B Warr ...
    Applied psychology in work settings has made considerable progress in the 30 years since the original version of this book was published. This new collection of essays aims to illustrate both the empirical and practical richness of the field as wellas its theoretical development. The chapters cover psychological processes, the study of groups and workteams, and the nature of complex organizations ... Read more

    $19.09 USD