Philosophy & theory of education books

Drawing on studies in environmental and sustainability education, this book brings together new work that has explored...  Read More >>

Social scientists are paying increasing attention to the business and financial elites: There’s a great need to...  Read More >>

This volume examines the place of Marxist theory in the history of the journal Educational Philosophy and Theory....  Read More >>

This book explores the development of multilingual policy in education in Nepal in socio-political and historical...  Read More >>

This volume uses an anthropological approach to contemplate ways of reimagining general education for the 21st century...  Read More >>

This book offers a conceptual, theoretical, and empirical overview of the role of Total Quality Management (TQM)...  Read More >>

This book examines interactions between Britain and India through the analytical frame of production and circulation...  Read More >>

This volume creates a conversation between researchers who are actively exploring how working with and reflecting...  Read More >>

This book offers an overview of contemporary debates in social justice and equity within Physical Education (PE)...  Read More >>

This book explores the dominant constructions of childhood as perceived by children and adults in contemporary Indian...  Read More >>

Based in the philosophy of critical realism, this book employs a range of Margaret Archer’s theoretical concepts,...  Read More >>

Schoolteachers and the Nordic Model examines the cultural distinctiveness of the Nordic teaching profession and...  Read More >>

This monograph highlights the educational experiences of rural children who are 'left behind' by their migrant worker...  Read More >>

This book presents a detailed analysis of the experiences of (minority ethnic) physical education (PE) teachers...  Read More >>

In this thought-provoking book, a diverse range of educators, activists, academics, and community advocates provide...  Read More >>

Problematizing the aims of education in the Anthropocene, this text illustrates the value of relational psychoanalytic...  Read More >>

The book compares how critical thinking is conceptualised, applied and acquired by Chinese postgraduate students...  Read More >>

Based on new empirical research, including qualitative interviews as well as quantitative data from learners across...  Read More >>

The book examines minban teachers in China between 1949 and 2000, when rural areas were short of qualified teachers....  Read More >>

This book examines the impact of British education policies on the Muslims of Colonial Bengal.  Read More >>

The book studies the educational needs of two disadvantaged groups of children in China (left-behind children in...  Read More >>

This volume offers a critical examination of the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), focusing...  Read More >>

This book examines how different social forces, including state ideology and policies, religious culture and ethnic...  Read More >>

In this book on higher education the contributors make The Black Lives Matter (#BLM) their focus and engage in contemporary...  Read More >>

Drawing on rich case studies of Baltimore City and Boston, this volume identifies policy factors and processes critical...  Read More >>