Understanding and Using Challenging Educational Theories 3/e

Karl Aubrey is a Visiting Tutor on the Professional Studies in Education programmes at Bishop Grosseteste University. Prior to this Karl was the Programme Leader for a range of initial teacher education and professional development programmes at a large city further education college. Between 2003 and 2005 he was seconded to the DfES Standards Unit as a learning and teaching practitioner in the East Midlands. Karl has contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of Education. His doctoral thesis explored the reforms in further education teacher education from 2000 to 2010, from the viewpoint of teacher educators. Karl's research interests include inclusion, education policy, pedagogy and work-based learning. Alison Riley is the Programme Leader for the BA(Hons) Early Childhood Studies degree at Bishop Grosseteste University, she has also worked on a number of educational-related programmes at the university including initial teaching training courses. Prior to joining Bishop Grosseteste University Alison spent sixteen years working in primary education, as a classroom teacher, deputy head teacher and finally head teacher of a large junior school. Alison has been involved in a number of collaborative projects and has recently been involved in an EU-funded project researching 'Creativity in Early Science and Mathematics Education'. Alison has recently commenced doctoral studies in which she is researching the journey of students entering higher education with alternative qualifications.

Introduction Ch1 Abraham Maslow: The third force in psychology Ch2 Carl Rogers: Learner-centred teaching and the fully functioning person Ch3 A.S. Neill: Freedom to learn Ch4 John Goodlad: The renewal of teaching and learning, schools and teacher education Ch5 Basil Bernstein: Language codes, social class, pedagogy and the curriculum Ch6 Ivan Illich: Deschooling society: challenging the concept of school Ch7 Pierre Bourdieu: Theory of society Ch8 Michel Foucault: Power, surveillance, discipline and control in education Ch9 Loris Malaguzzi: The Reggio Emilia experience Ch10 Nel Noddings: Caring in education Ch11 Lawrence Stenhouse: Linking the curriculum with theory, research and practice Ch12 Michael Apple: Ideology, knowledge, power, and the curriculum Ch13 Henry Giroux: Critical pedagogy Ch14 Howard Gardner: Multiple intelligences and education Ch15 John Holt: Unschooling or home schooling Ch16 bell hooks: Education as the practice of freedom Ch17 Jack Mezirow: Transformative learning Ch18 Linda Darling-Hammond: Equity in education: policy, teachers and teaching Ch19 Diane Ravitch: From Champion To Critic Of The American Education System Ch20 Gloria Ladson-Billings: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy