Studying Education: An introduction to the study and exploration of education [Paperback]

Your beginners guide to the study and exploration of education.

Introducing you to what education is, this book helps you explore the different ways of looking at education, the challenges it faces and how to study it at university and beyond. Guiding you through your course it:

·       Shows you what you need to study and how to study and develop your understanding

·       Gets you building your knowledge of essential themes, perspectives and theory from across the education sector

·       Helps you to see the ‘bigger picture’ of education

·       Includes support on how to write academically, think critically, evaluate evidence and engage with debates.

This new text for education undergraduates covers a broad range of themes from across the education sector and focuses on some key contemporary issues. The text includes links to both up-to-date research and more seminal, often cited research and theories.
showed it to a couple of our PGCE staff who didn't think it would be read.Part 1
The multidisciplinary field of education and its complexities - Janet Lord
How does the study of other subjects expand our understanding of education? - David Menendez Hevia
What are the main factors affecting school organisation and the curriculum in England today? - Stephen Rayner
How does identity shape young peoples experiences of schooling and education? - Kate Hoskins