The Study of Education An Introduction [Paperback]

The Study of Education: An?Introduction?considers the nature, aims and purposes of education. It introduces the student new looking at education as an academic discipline to the key perspectives and contexts of education in order to prepare them for further study in the field.

This book is an accessible, introductory course companion for education related courses. Boxed examples and case studies are provided where appropriate, to enable the student learner to contextualise the introductory theory that is presented.

The authors also introduce methods of autobiography through which students will be challenged to explore and contextualise their own educational journey in order to make sense of education in the past, present and future.

CONTENTSAcknowledgements Part One PERSONAL JOURNEYS

1 Writing the Self: Educational Autobiography Stories and Oral Histories Educational Autobiographies Personal Journeys Writing Your Self' Summary Part Two THE NATURE OF EDUCATION

2 The Purpose of Education. What is Education? What is Education For? Education as a Product and a Process Education and Schooling Summary 3 What It Means To Be Educated

What it means to be educated The Value of Education Education as a Human Right Summary 4 The Structure of Education. Historical Perspectives Orientation and Organisation An Open Systems Perspective A Comparative Perspective Summary 5 The English Education System Influences Meta-Organisation: Organisation and Control Macro-Organisation: Contexts and Curriculum Micro-Organisation: Teaching and Learning Summary Part Three PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATION

6 Sociological Perspectives on Education Sociological Perspectives on Education Consensus Theory: Functionalism Conflict theory - Marxism and neo-Marxism Interactionism Critical Pedagogy Perspectives on Race and Gender Summary 7 Philosophical and Ideological Perspectives Philosophy and Education Il”