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  • Maladjusted Schooling (RLE Edu L)

    by John Schostak ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    The problems this book discusses are the same now as they were 25 years ago: unemployment, poor housing, inadequate facilities, poverty, racism, violence. What is the function of a school in such a situation? Although many schools hold reformist ideals, their practice is constrained by organisational demands. School organisation is based upon a coercive theory of social control which is intolerant ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Democracy, Education and Research

    The Struggle for Public Life

    by John Schostak, Ivor F. Goodson ...
    Considering how practices and processes of research and education can create fundamental, radical social change, Democracy, Education and Research assesses the meaning of ‘public impact‘ by rethinking what is meant by ‘public‘ and how it is essential to the methodologies of education and research.Focusing on empirical illustrations of the use of research and educational processes in contemporary ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Writing Research Critically

    Developing the power to make a difference

    by John Schostak, Jill Schostak ...
    This is not a standard guide to writing a dissertation, thesis, project report, journal article or book. Rather, this book will help researchers who are dissatisfied with the typical recipe approaches to standardised forms of writing-up and want to explore how academic writing can be used to greater effect.Writing Research Critically shows that writing up is not just about ‘presenting findings’ as ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Radical Research

    Designing, Developing and Writing Research to Make a Difference

    by John Schostak, Jill Schostak ...
    Radical Research explores the view that research is not a neutral tool to be employed without bias in the search for truth. Rather the radical roots of research are to be seen in the focus on freedom and emancipation from blind allegiance to tradition, ‘common sense’, religion, or powerful individuals and organisations.Radical Research introduces and draws upon leading contemporary debates and ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Schooling the Violent Imagination

    by John F. Schostak ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    The violent imagination begins in experiences of violation against the self and grows through the stories, myths, folktales and anecdotes of everyday life. Originally published in 1986, John Schostak discusses the educational, social and moral implications of the violent imagination in connection with theories of violence, childrearing practices, and schooling as a childrearing institution. He ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Paradoxes of Democracy, Leadership and Education

    Struggling for Social Justice in the Twenty-first Century

    Edited by John Schostak, Matthew Clarke, Linda Hammersley-Fletcher ...
    Series series Foundations and Futures of Education
    Paradoxes of Democracy, Leadership and Education engages both critically and creatively with important social, political and educational issues, and argues that the organisational forms of contemporary schooling are caught up in politically significant contradictions. Highlighting the inescapable paradoxes that educators must grapple with in their thought and practice as they seek to reconcile ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Breaking into the Curriculum

    The Impact of Information Technology on Schooling

    Edited by John F. Schostak ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Information technology is here to stay. Its impact has already been far-reaching: in business, in communications, and in leisure activities it has been responsible for replacing human action by that of machines. As such it raised questions about freedom and the meaning of work and human activity which could no longer be ignored by those working in education. The educational response to information ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Researching Violence, Democracy and the Rights of People

    Edited by John Schostak, Jill Schostak ...
    Violence, democracy and rights are issues that are not fully addressed in research methodology literatures, yet violence is of vital interest in substantive and theoretical debates across the social sciences, education, philosophy, politics and cultural studies. Methodology needs to be informed by, and be relevant to, the debates and practices within and across these perspectives on the worlds of ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Pupil Experience

    Edited by John F Schostak, Tom Logan ...
    First published in 1984, this book focuses upon pupil perspectives of schooling from first school to school leaver, taking their thoughts and feelings as accurate assessments of their experience.The study presents what was at the time new thinking and research findings on a wide range of important topics to provide an insight in ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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    by David Howe ...
    Social workers need to recognize the critical role that theory plays both in the way they make sense of what is going on and in the way they order their work. Such recognition clarifies practice for both the worker and the client. David Howe's classic text provides a framework to help social workers develop an understanding of the theories which inescapably underpin their thoughts and actions. ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Sibling Identity and Relationships

    Sisters and Brothers

    by Rosalind Edwards, Lucy Hadfield, Helen Lucey, Melanie Mauthner ...
    Series series Relationships and Resources
    Sibling Identity and Relationships explores the special place that siblings occupy in the lives of children and young people, providing new insights into sibling identity and relationships. Drawing on social constructionist and psychodynamic perspectives, it discusses who constitutes a sibling, emotional connections and separations, conflict and aggression and how siblings construct and conduct ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Happiest Days?

    How Pupils Cope With Schools

    by Peter Woods ...
    This book examines pupils' experience of school from their own perspectives, showing a range of responses involving both pain and pleasure. It brings together a wide range of material to evoke pupil realities, to describe pupil cultures, and to consider the meanings of activities. ... Read more

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