The Routledge International Handbook of Relational Pedagogy: An Invitation to a Global Conversation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032874821 ISBN 13: 9781032874821

Publisher: Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

The Routledge International Handbook of Relational Pedagogy provides a vision that foregrounds dialogic, nurturing, inclusive relationships underpinning children and students' wellbeing and growth, offering an alternative educational vision to the neoliberal discourse dominant in education worldwide.

With eminent contributors from across the globe, it provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art of theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and practice-based tensions and debates in the field. Its insights range across the educational continuum from early childhood education and care to elementary, secondary, and higher-level education in formal and informal settings. The Handbook uniquely explores and maps the terrain of pedagogical relations with theoretical, philosophical, empirical, and practical perspectives across 42 articles presented in five parts: Foundations: Philosophical and Theoretical Architectures; Contexts of Relationality from Early Childhood to Higher Education; Leadership and Organisational Transformation; and Inclusion, Justice and Cultural Responsiveness; and Ecological and Material Entanglements. It provides space for ‘the not yet seen’ and serves as a valuable bridge between the practical needs of educational institutions and the theories provided by research.

This Handbook will be of interest to scholars in education, teachers, undergraduate and advanced students in teacher education, academic researchers, and educational leaders seeking to understand relational pedagogy as a key response to global challenges in education.

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About the Author

Ann-Louise Ljungblad is Associate Professor at Malmö University, Sweden.

Merete Moe is Professor emerita of Pedagogy at Queen Maud University College, Norway.

Leah O’Toole is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education in Maynooth University, Ireland.

Ilona Rinne is Associate Professor of primary and secondary school teacher education at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Alexander M. Sidorkin is Professor of Education at Sacramento State University, USA. He previously served as Dean and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032874821
• ISBN 13: 9781032874821
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 508
• Editor: Ljungblad Ann-Louise, Moe Merete, O'Toole Leah, Rinne Ilona, Sidorkin Alexander M.