ABSTRACT
This much-anticipated fifth edition of Exploring Education offers an alternative to traditional foundations texts by combining a point-of-view analysis with primary source readings. Pre- and in-service teachers will find a solid introduction to the foundations disciplines -- history, philosophy, politics, and sociology of education -- and their application to educational issues, including school organization and teaching, curriculum and pedagogic practices, education and inequality, and school reform and improvement. This edition features substantive updates, including additions to the discussion of neo-liberal educational policy, recent debates about teacher diversity, updated data and research, and new selections of historical and contemporary readings.
At a time when foundations of education are marginalized in many teacher education programs and teacher education reform pushes scripted approaches to curriculum and instruction, Exploring Education helps teachers to think critically about the "what" and "why" behind the most pressing issues in contemporary education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|19 pages
The Limits and Promises of Education
part 2|49 pages
The Politics of Education
part 3|66 pages
The History of Education
part 4|61 pages
The Sociology of Education
chapter |19 pages
The Politics of Culture
part 5|29 pages
The Philosophy of Education and Its Significance for Teachers
part 6|37 pages
Schools as Organizations and Teacher Professionalization
chapter |10 pages
Rich Land, Poor Schools
part 7|49 pages
Curriculum, Pedagogy, and the Transmission of Knowledge
part 8|72 pages
Equality of Opportunity and Educational Outcomes
chapter |14 pages
Fifty Years since the Coleman Report
part 9|87 pages
Explanations of Educational Inequality
chapter |24 pages
It’s Not “a Black Thing”
chapter |14 pages
“How You Bully a Girl”
chapter |21 pages
The Rules of the Game and the Uncertain Transmission of Advantage
part 10|38 pages
Educational Reform and School Improvement