Education - A Very Short Introduction

This new edition explores how and why education has evolved as it has, examining the ways in which it has responded over the centuries to influences in politics, philosophy, and the social sciences. Focussing on education today, it considers the controversies over progressive versus formal teaching, and also examines education worldwide.

List of contents

• Preface


• 1: Beginnings


• 2: Oil and water: the formal and the progressive


• 3: The traditions unfold: ideas into practice


• 4: Big ideas from the 20th century


• 5: Analysts and theorists: what did they ever do for us?


• 6: The curriculum


• 7: School's out!


• References and further reading


• Index

About the author

Gary Thomas is Professor in Education, University of Birmingham, having previously worked as a teacher and as an educational psychologist. His teaching and research have focused on inclusion, special education, and the methods used in social science research. He has written more than 20 books and over 100 articles on his research work in education, which has been funded by UK Research Councils, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, charities and national and local government. He has been the editor of several major journals in education, including Educational Review and the British Educational Research Journal.

Summary

This new edition explores how and why education has evolved as it has, examining the ways in which it has responded over the centuries to influences in politics, philosophy, and the social sciences. Focussing on education today, it considers the controversies over progressive versus formal teaching, and also examines education worldwide.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Thomas, Gary (Professor in Education Thomas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.2021
• EAN: 9780198859086
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885908-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Education, EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, History of Education, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy