Tables of Contents for Routledge International Companion to Education

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Chapter/Section Title

Page #

Page Count

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

xiii

Introduction

xiv

PART I: FOUNDATIONS

Philosophy of education

Nicholas C. Burbules

Exploring theory and practice in moral education

David Carr

Theories of cognitive development and learning and their implications for curriculum development and teaching

Sidney Strauss

Cognition and teaching

Richard White

Learning

Charles Desforges

Has classroom teaching served its day?

Donald McIntyre

How is language used as a medium for classroom education?

109

Neil Mercer

The economics and resourcing of education

128

Mun C. Tsang

Are we post-modern yet? Historical and theoretical explorations in comparative education

153

Esther E. Gottlieb

PART II: PROCESSES

The conduct and appraisal of educational research

179

Robert E. Floden

Educational policy-making and analysis: diverse viewpoints

193

Rosemary Deem

Kevin J. Brehony

Curriculum: the case for a focus on learning

204

Robert McCormick

Patricia Murphy

Understanding European didactics

235

Bjorg B. Gundem

From testing to assessment: current issues and future prospects

263

Harry Torrance

Administration and management in education: theory and practice

272

Tony Bush

Fundamental shifts in schooling: implications for principal leadership

283

Charles Hausman

Joseph Murphy

School governance: educational excellence as shared aspiration

292

Jon Nixon

School effectiveness and school improvement: past, present and future

301

David Reynolds

Charles Teddlie

Community education through the twentieth century

324

Colin Fletcher

PART III: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

Standards: what are they, what do they do, and where do they live?

351

Dylan Wiliam

Learning support for pupils in mainstream schools: policy context and practical implications

364

Sheila Riddell

Home-learning and school-learning in the twenty-first century

379

Alastair Macbeth

Peace education: a review and projection

397

Betty A. Reardon

Feminism and education

426

Madeleine Grumet

Kate McCoy

Dappled and irrepressible: the kaleidoscope of multiculturalism in education

441

Devorah Kalekin-Fishman

Multiculturalism: one view from the United States of America

456

Susan L. Melnick

Anti-racism: from policy to praxis

476

David Gillborn

Environmental education: a time for re-visioning

489

Christopher Oulton

William Scott

Environmental education in changing times

502

Ian Robottom

The new environment of media education

513

Oliver Boyd-Barrett

Health education and the health-promoting school: addressing the drugs issue

530

Keith Tones

Jackie Green

Computers in classrooms: learners and teachers in new roles

558

Anna Chronaki

PART IV: SECTORS

Early childhood education throughout the world

575

Patricia P. Olmsted

Primary education

602

Jill Bourne

Secondary school: a tense stasis in function and form

621

Anna Ershler Richert

Kristin Donaldson Geiser

David M. Donahue

New perspectives on the evolution of secondary school education in the UK

642

Roy Lowe

Learning along the way: the evolution of adult and continuing education

653

Steven Weiland

Adult education: social movements or public service?

670

Tom Steele

Understanding education and work: themes and issues

683

Murray Saunders

Higher education in a context of change

705

Tony Becher

Technology in higher education: altering the goalposts

723

Robin Mason

Teacher education: from initial preparation to continuing professional development

732

Sharon Feiman-Nemser

Patricia J. Norman

The open learning environment: a new paradigm for international developments in teacher education

756

Bob Moon

PART V: SUBJECTS

Mother tongue teaching

773

Jenny Leach

Reading: literacy and beyond

801

Bridie Raban

Mathematics at the core of the educational process

809

Pearla Nesher

Science education: have enquiry-oriented science curricula failed?

821

Pinchas Tamir

The past, present and future of history teaching in schools

843

Tony Taylor

Expertise and the teaching of history

855

Richard J. Paxton

Sam Wineburg

What is the purpose of teaching geography in school?

865

Simon Catling

Civic/citizenship education and the social studies in the United States of America

880

Mary Jane Turner

Scott M. Richardson

Civics and moral education

897

Marvin W. Berkowitz

Technology education: towards a new school subject

910

Marc J. de Vries

Foreign language education: balancing communicative needs and intercultural understanding

921

Rosamond Mitchell

The place of physical education in the contemporary curriculum

935

Len Almond

Theatre and drama education: themes and questions

944

Shifra Schonmann

The shaping of visual arts in education

956

Douglas G. Boughton

Music education: where now?

970

Keith Swanwick

Index

981