Education Theories for a Changing World [Hardcover]

How can education be a vehicle for social change?

This book looks at how different educational theories can be used to address complex and vital issues in society by exploring key concepts and challenging traditional thought through an educational lens. Each topic area is explored in both theoretical and practical terms with direct application to the classroom throughout.
Key topics include:

The climate crisis

The Black Lives Matter movement

The rise of right-wing populism

The experience of LGBTQ+ students in school

The impact of COVID-19

This is essential reading for anyone training to teach at any age phase and students undertaking the academic study of education.

This book shows how educational theories can be used to support social justice and encourage engagement with contemporary societal issues.

This was an accessible and enjoyable read. It focused on key aspects of society which will be part of future teachers' working experience.Helps to understand and consider the effects of things such as COVID and BLM and the impact to education.An important text that brings current perspectives and thinking to the fore on a range of important complex issues.Excellent introduction to key Education theories.Key text to support learners on post-16 teacher training programme- highly beneficial for students who have come from a different discipline to education UG studies- giving clear guidance and information to supportThis is a very useful addition to this series from Aubrey and Riley, covering contemporary thinkers. It offers a really good introduction to the theories it covers.Great easy to understand text that readily applies theories to practice. Relevant to contemporary teaching and learning and highly relevant to the course.Chapter 1: How theory has shaped practl¢