ABSTRACT

Theory for Education provides a concise and clear introduction to key contemporary theorists, including their lives, major works and ideas. Written for the student in need of a quick introduction or for the scholar brushing up on details, this new volume in the theory4 series presents major thinkers whose work and ideas have shaped critical thinking in our time. Greg Dimitriadis and George Kamberelis underscore the particular relevance of these thinkers for the field of education - their work on education, how others in education have used them and possible future directions for teachers and researchers.

Theory for Education's ease of use, clarity and comprehensive scope will be invaluable for those entering the field.

Adapted from Theory for Religious Studies, by William E. Deal and Timothy K. Beal.

part |43 pages

Predecessors

chapter |13 pages

John Dewey

chapter |12 pages

Sigmund Freud

chapter |7 pages

Karl Marx

chapter |7 pages

Ferdinand De Saussure

part |162 pages

The Theorists

chapter |12 pages

Mikhail Bakhtin

chapter |6 pages

Basil Bernstein

chapter |9 pages

Pierre Bourdieu

chapter |5 pages

Jerome Bruner

chapter |5 pages

Judith Butler

chapter |10 pages

Jacques Derrida

chapter |8 pages

Michel Foucault

chapter |5 pages

Paulo Freire

chapter |5 pages

Clifford Geertz

chapter |6 pages

Antonio Gramsci

chapter |7 pages

Stuart Hall

chapter |6 pages

Bell Hooks

chapter |15 pages

Jacques Lacan

chapter |11 pages

Jean Piaget

chapter |6 pages

Edward W. Said

chapter |6 pages

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

chapter |9 pages

Lev Semenovich Vygotsky

chapter |6 pages

Raymond Williams