ABSTRACT

Written by educational specialists and including over fifty interdisciplinary entries, this essential compendium offers accessible, detailed definitions of the core concepts typically explored on undergraduate Education Studies courses.

Its interactive design clarifies topics at an introductory, intermediate and advanced level, supporting students across the three years of their undergraduate study. The history and evolution of each concept is outlined with concepts practically grouped around four interrelated key educational categories - the personal, philosophy, practice and power. Key academic debates and points of contest are explored, reference to real-life educational examples are offered, and reflective questions and further reading scaffold critical engagement.

Education Studies: The Key Concepts is a bookshelf must-have, moving readers towards a coherent stance based on theory and research. It is an easy-to-use resource for anyone looking to better understand education. It is also useful for those researching education at postgraduate level to broaden their educational knowledge base outside their specific foci.

part |98 pages

Personal

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Adult Education

chapter |7 pages

Key Concept: Attachment

chapter |7 pages

Key Concept: Behaviour

chapter |7 pages

Key Concept: Childhood

chapter |7 pages

Key Concept: Consent

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Creativity

chapter |7 pages

Key Concept: Gender

chapter |6 pages

Key Concept: Identity

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Imagination

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Motivation

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Neuroscience

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Performativity

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Psychoanalysis

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Relationships

chapter |7 pages

Key Concept: Sexuality

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Transformation

part |34 pages

Philosophy

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Bildung

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Critical Theory

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Educational Theory

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Epistemology

chapter |6 pages

Key Concept: Ethics

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Literacy

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Ontology

part |98 pages

Practice

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Assessment

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Care

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Curriculum

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Diversity

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Education Research

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Exclusion

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Inclusion

chapter |6 pages

Key Concept: Learning

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Pastoral Welfare

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Pedagogy

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Play

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Profession

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: School

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Unschooling

part |66 pages

Power

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Class

chapter |6 pages

Key Concept: Colonialism

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Equality

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Hegemony

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Law

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Policy

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Politics

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Power

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Race

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Selection

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Silence

chapter |4 pages

Key Concept: Social Capital

chapter |5 pages

Key Concept: Society