No influence has more profoundly affected educational thought and practice during the late 19th and early 20th centuries than the science of psychology. This volume discusses the major differences between education prior to the influence of educational psychology and then examines the impact this had on the education of children.
No influence has more profoundly affected educational thought and practice during the late 19th and early 20th centuries than the science of psycholog...
This text discusses the way in which those born into the British empire were persuaded to accept it, often with enthusiasm. The study compares the perceptions of people at 'home', in the dominions and in the colonies.
This text discusses the way in which those born into the British empire were persuaded to accept it, often with enthusiasm. The study compares the per...
This volume brings together theory, research and development in cognitive neuro-science. It investigates the neural processes involved in cognition and learning, using developments in computer technology to study the brain in action and other topographic brain mapping.
This volume brings together theory, research and development in cognitive neuro-science. It investigates the neural processes involved in cognition an...
Schools reflect the society which surrounds them but they must also be agents of change. The last few decades have seen an explosion of research on gender and education and, in this volume, the author examines new research findings and new strategies for change, continuing to argue that both sexes lose out from sexist schooling.
Schools reflect the society which surrounds them but they must also be agents of change. The last few decades have seen an explosion of research on ge...
This volume uses detailed case studies of two secondary schools to examine the relationship between curriculum choice and gender identity among 14-year-old pupils making their first choices about what subjects to pursue at exam level.
This volume uses detailed case studies of two secondary schools to examine the relationship between curriculum choice and gender identity among 14-yea...
This encyclopedia is the result of a highly selective enterprise that provides a careful selection of key topics in essays written by top scholars in their fields. Comprehensive and in-depth coverage of a limited number of countries, regions and themes is provided. The essays not only feature statistical and factual information but significant interpretation of those facts and figures. The chapters on themes and topics are both analytic and interpretative and deal with the most important topics relevant to higher education everywhere. More than a compendium of facts and figures the...
This encyclopedia is the result of a highly selective enterprise that provides a careful selection of key topics in essays written by top scholars ...
The authors argue that the aim of research should be to improve practice through a process of critical reflection. Focusing clearly on the everyday concerns and problems of practitioners, they emphasize the importance of practical knowledge. Their definition of practice is wide, and includes the generation of theory and the doing of research as well as front-line teaching. They show how notions of adult learning and the adult learner have been constituted mainly through theory and research in psychology and sociology, and examine action research as a mode of understanding. They conclude by...
The authors argue that the aim of research should be to improve practice through a process of critical reflection. Focusing clearly on the everyday...
This title is a logical progression from 'The Sociology of Adult and Continuing Education.' The author takes a completely new approach to the subject and puts forward a model of adult learning which is analysed in depth. This model arises from the results of a research project in which adults analysed their own learning experiences.
This title is a logical progression from 'The Sociology of Adult and Continuing Education.' The author takes a completely new approach to the subject ...
In facing the question 'who runs the universities', the authors have carried out over a period of years an extensive programme of interviews, both formal and informal, as well as a detailed study of documents. Their findings are written up in the language of politics - in terms of power, authority, influence, regulation and decision making.
In facing the question 'who runs the universities', the authors have carried out over a period of years an extensive programme of interviews, both for...
This title opens with a survey of the historical evolution of adult education in the UK and leads on to the study of the structure of adult learning. It discusses distance teaching opportunities such as the Open University and the National Extension College, and face-to-face teaching provision in adult education centres.
This title opens with a survey of the historical evolution of adult education in the UK and leads on to the study of the structure of adult learning. ...
