Doing Theory on Education: Using Popular Culture to Explore Key Debates

ISBN-13: 9781138054080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 230 str.

Andy Cramp; Julian McDougall

Opis

This new text uses examples from popular culture and contemporary media coverage to guide education studies students through the perennial debates that surround teaching and learning. It uses fiction, film and social media to illuminate important issues and make underpinning theory more accesible.

Spis treści

1: Class, Disadvantage and Hope: The Bullingdon v The ‘Bog Standard’  2: Questions of Knowledge: What Counts in Education? Physics vs Media Studies   3: Learning Theory and Pedagogy  4: The Problem of Testing: "Testing, testing 1, 2, 3" v Vygotsky   5: The importance of leadership? The Apprentice vs The Co-Op?   6: Ways of being in education: The Ministry of Soundbites v The Hidden Curriculum