Education Policy & Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Using Critical Research for Educational and Social Change

   Edited by Tricia Kress

   This volume features the works of scholar-practitioners who embrace critical pedagogy and critical research as praxis in qualitative research about education. The authors take an explicit stance toward social justice through education, and they use critical research as a vehicle toward that end.&...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Resegregation of Schools

   Education and Race in the Twenty-First Century

   Edited by Jamel K. Donnor, Adrienne Dixson

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Access to a quality education remains the primary mechanism for improving one’s life chances in the United States, and for children of color, a “good education” is particularly linked to their individual and collective well-being. Despite the popular perception that America is in a “post-racial”...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Law and the Wearing of Religious Symbols

   European Bans on the Wearing of Religious Symbols in Education

   By Erica Howard

   Written in accessible language, Law and the Wearing of Religious Symbols is a comprehensive analysis of a topical subject that is being widely debated across Europe. The book provides an overview of emerging case law from the European Court of Human Rights as well as from national courts and...

   Published May 4th 2013 by Routledge
4. School Level Leadership in Post-conflict Societies

   The importance of context

   Edited by Simon R. P. Clarke, Thomas A. O'Donoghue

   How do different contexts influence the nature and character of school leadership? This book is predicated on the simple, yet profound, observation that school leadership can only be understood within the context in which it is exercised. The observation is particularly valid in relation to...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
5. Globalisation, Employment and Education in Sri Lanka

   Opportunity and Division

   By Angela W. Little, Siri T. Hettige

   Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia

   Since the late 1970s, Sri Lanka has undergone a socio-economic transformation, from protectionism towards economic liberalisation and increasing integration into the world economy. Through a systematic comparison of these periods of economic change (1956–1977, and 1977 to the present), Angela W....

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
6. Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity

   Edited by Linda C. Tillman, James Joseph Scheurich

   The rapid growth of diversity within U.S. schooling and the heightened attention to the lack of equity in student achievement, school completion, and postsecondary attendance has made equity and diversity two of the principal issues in education, educational leadership, and educational leadership...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
7. Promoting and Delivering School-to-School Support for Special Educational Needs

   A practical guide for SENCOs

   By Rita Cheminais

   Series: David Fulton / Nasen

   Recent changes to education policy have brought about a new emphasis on promoting school-to-school support and school-led improvement, in order to ensure that all pupils, including those with SEN, achieve their optimum potential. SENCOs, often in the role of Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE),...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
8. Teacher Education, the University and the Schools

   Papers for Harry Judge

   Edited by David Phillips

   Using the highly successful Oxford model of teacher training and the widely respected work in teacher education of Harry Judge, a number of prominent educationists from around the world contribute chapters on a range of topics relating to the interface between the university and the schools in the...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Higher Education in Southeast Asia

   Blurring Borders, Changing Balance

   By Anthony Welch

   Series: Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia

   This is the first book to systematically chart and comparatively assess the trend towards private higher education in South East Asia. Caught between conflicting imperatives of spiralling demand, and limited resources, the balance between public and private higher education systems in South East,...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. Multimodality and Social Semiosis

    Communication, Meaning-Making, and Learning in the Work of Gunther Kress

    Edited by Margit Böck, Norbert Pachler

    Series: Routledge Studies in Multimodality

    Gunther Kress, one of the founders of social semiotics and multimodality, has made lasting contributions to these fields through his work in semiotics and meaning-making; power and identity; agency, design, production; and pedagogy and learning; in varied sites of transformation. This book brings...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge