Introduction to Education Studies (Education Studies: Key Issues Series)
Steve Bartlett; Diana M Burton
Language: English
Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012
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- Title
- Introduction to Education Studies (Education Studies: Key Issues Series)
- Author
- Steve Bartlett; Diana M Burton
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0857029126
- ISBN 13
- 9780857029126
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Item weight
- 1.55 pounds
′Highly readable and comprehensive introduction to education studies.′ - Robert Legg, Senior Lecturer, Westminster Institute of Education at Oxford Brookes University
Education Studies is a broad, multi-disciplinary and rapidly growing field. Introduction to Education Studies has proven itself to be the key text for students of the subject for over a decade, leading readers through the field′s key strands, concepts and applications without assuming any prior knowledge.
Bartlett and Burton provide first-time students and those engaged in more advanced aspects of the subject with all the tools that they need to approach Education Studies and also encourage a critical, questioning approach which will put them in good stead for further study and professional practice.
The new edition includes:
- A new chapter on globalisation and international comparative education
- A new companion website featuring online journal articles relating to each chapter
- More guidance on how to critique research
- More ′Reader Reflection′ boxes, encouraging students to reflect on their own practice throughout
- A new framework for analysing policy
- New sections within the curriculum and the history of schooling chapters reflecting the latest UK developments
- Complete update of education policy issues
Additional online resources at www.uk.sagepub.com/bartlett3e
Also available are free journal articles accompanying each chapter of the book, enabling discussion and further reading to deepen students knowlege of each chapter subject.
Steve Bartlett is Professor of Education Studies at the University of Wolverhampton.
Diana Burton is Professor of Education and Pro Vice Chancellor at Liverpool John Moores University.
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About the Author
Steve Bartlett is honorary research fellow at Liverpool Hope University. A former Professor of Education Studies and programme leader at the Universities of Wolverhampton and Chester, he led the development of the subject at undergraduate and postgraduate level for many years, chairing the Subject Benchmarking Review Committee for QAA. A founder member and the first Chair of the British Education Studies Association (BESA), he edited the BESA journal for several years. Steve taught Sociology at secondary level for fifteen years from the mid Seventies.
Steve has a Masters and PhD in teacher professionalism and has supervised and examined many doctoral theses as well as externally validating and examining Education Studies at a number of Universities.He has written several education books and articles in the areas of research methods, lifelong learning, teacher development and gender.
Diana Burton is Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Wolverhampton, having formerly led education research at the university. She has held senior leadership and professorial posts at 3 universities, including both Pro Vice-Chancellor for research and Dean of Education posts at Liverpool John Moores University. She was Head of School at Manchester Metropolitan University where she worked for many years leading teacher education programmes having originally been a secondary school teacher of Humanities for over a decade.
Diana has a Masters and PhD in the field of Educational Psychology and continues to examine doctoral theses and advise education departments across the sector. She is the author of several education books and chapters and has written over 70 research articles on pupil learning, teacher development, teacher education policy, educating children with behavioural, emotional and social disadvantage and citizenship education. She is a fellow of the Royal Academy for the Society of the Arts and the Higher Education Academy and is an active member of the British Education Research Association, including as a committee chair.
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