ABSTRACT
Education Studies is an exciting subject which can help you to understand education as a powerful force for change across the globe. It is not teacher training, nor simply the theory of teaching, although some people choose to take it before going on to train as teachers. As future professionals they will have a critical analysis of what education is, how it works in different countries and cultures, and visions of what it might be in different futures. Teachers should be more than ‘technicians’ who simply know how to deliver a national curriculum in the ways prescribed by the government. The contributors to this book are committed to this deeper understanding of what education is about.
