An Introduction to the Study of Education (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Matheson, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This fully updated, fourth edition of An Introduction to the Study of Education provides a comprehensive and reflective introduction to the study of education, inviting students to question what education is, who it is for and what purpose it serves. Taking the reader from the early years through to lifelong learning, it examines all forms of education and learning.

This new edition includes ten completely new chapters and a step-by-step guide to essay writing. There is also a companion website to accompany the book, featuring additional chapters which can be visited at www.routledge.com/cw/matheson.This fully updated, fourth edition provides:

• a full exploration of the historical, sociological, philosophical and psychological roots of education;
• a clear focus on the individual levels of education - preschool, compulsory, post-compulsory and lifelong learning;
• the latest debates within special educational needs;
• an in-depth examination of learning styles;
• insights into the historical development of education and the role of, and background to, research in education;
• a focus on current educational practice and diversity across the United Kingdom and Ireland.


Written in a clear and accessible style, this is the essential core text for all beginning students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Education Studies and all those interested in education today, where it came from and where it is going.



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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136253942
• Artikelnr.: 41505949

Autorenporträt

David Matheson has published widely across the field of education in areas such as medical education, teacher training, lifelong learning, comparative education and cultural identity in education. He has extensive experience as an educator and researcher in higher education, adult education and secondary education.

Inhaltsangabe

1. What is education? David Matheson 2. Ideology in education in the United
Kingdom Catherine Matheson 3. Theories of learning: constructive experience
Reg Dennick 4. Thinking philosophically about education; thinking
educationally about philosophy Gert Biesta 5. Psychology in education
Graham Mitchell 6. Learning styles: implications for teaching and learning
John Pelley 7. Assessment Tim Heywood 8. Social and spatial disparity in
the history of school provision in England from the 1750s to the 1950s
Colin Brock 9. Schooling in Ireland: policy and practice from penal times
to the present day Deirdre Raftery and Martina Relihan 10. Education in
Scotland David Matheson 11. Education in Wales Alison Murphy 12. Early
childhood education and care in the UK Alice Mongiello 13. Compulsory
education in the United Kingdom Ian Menter, Carmel Gallagher, Louise
Hayward and Dominic Wyse 14. Post-compulsory education (further and higher
education) Catherine Matheson and Philip Woodward 15. Lifelong learning
Catherine Matheson and David Matheson 16. Comparing educational systems
Trevor Corner and Nigel Grant 17. Education and development: the
contribution of comparative education Dominique Groux 18. Special
educational needs in context: a historical overview Mary Kellett 19.
'Race', ethnicity and education: the English experience John Stanley 20.
Schooling and social class Michael Wyness 21. Gender in education Jane
Martin 22. Debates in educational research Abdeljalil Akkari and Bernard
Wentzel 23. Research in professional contexts Catherine Matheson and David
Matheson 24. Afterword: now that I have read about education, how do I
write about it? David Matheson Online. Global health education: a
transformative learning challenge in undergraduate medical education Raúl
Pardíñaz-Solís and Adrian Hastings Online. Accidentally learning to play
the violin; or what use is my autobiography in researching lifelong
learning? David Matheson Online. E-Learning Heather Rai Online. Learning
from mistakes: the Barrowfield Project in Glasgow, Scotland Online
Catherine Matheson and David Matheson