47 products in Social Science

Carol Aubrey's compelling book examines the nature and origins of subject knowledge. Her book is based on information gathered from observing the interactions between teachers and their first year pupils. Aubrey demonstrates

Examines academic departments as a context for teaching in the secondary school. lt explores why teachers find departments to be crucial to the high school setting. In all the schools studied, teachers

This is an account of modern since the 1930s teaching. The book examines changes in teaching, past policy, and new policies introduced since the 1988 Education Act. It also explores the impact

This text explores the relationship between knowledge, methodology and research practice across the broad spectrum of the social sciences. It examines socio-cultural contexts of social research and relates them to contemporary shifts

Covering the contribution of arts to children's learning, this text also looks at the state of the arts in primary schools, and includes an evaluation of the relationships between the arts and

Basil Bernstein's work focused on the way that knowledge is produced, transmitted and learned. Written by a team of international contributors, this book shows the scope and power of his work, developed

The Foundations and Futures of Education series focuses on key emerging issues in education as well as continuing debates within the field. The series is inter-disciplinary, and includes historical, philosophical, sociological, psychological

Alan Prout discusses the place of children and childhood in the late modernity. He argues that there appears to be a greater cultural confusion about the form that childhood should take.

Class Strategies and the Education Market examines the ways in which the middle classes maintain and improve their social advantages in and through education.Drawing on an extensive series of interviews with parents

Contents:1.Introduction and Rationale: The Nature of Classroom Expertise Donald McIntyre Section A: Organising the Physical Environment of the Classroom 2.Organising the Physical Environment of the Classroom Ruth Kershner 3.