Educational studies
Subtitle: an introduction to key issues
By: Emmanuel Mufti ... [et al.].
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Maidenhead
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780335237630
Subjects: Teaching; Education; Learning
Description: Helps students to develop an understanding of the key issues within Education Studies and aids them in developing the critical skills they require through the concept of 'stop, think and do' boxes. This book also helps to extend the understanding of educational issues beyond schools to other phases of educational provision.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Theoretical Perspectives; Chapter 1 What is Education?; Chapter 2 The Struggle for Secondary Education; Chapter 3 Educational Ideologies; Part 2 Policy; Chapter 4 An Introduction to Contemporary Educational Policy; Chapter 5 A Different Schooling?; Chapter 6 England Nul Points?; Part 3 Society and the Individual; Chapter 7 How People Learn; Chapter 8 Social Factors in Education; Chapter 9 Education: Who Gets What?; Part 4 Inside the School; Chapter 10 Early Years Education