This book offers an application of Bourdieu’s framework to the under-examined experiences of community-college students seeking a second chance in Hong Kong. It explores how middle and working-class students see themselves and face academic challenges throughout their journey.
This tome summarises contemporary issues in education and society, including narrative explorations, various models of education and learning, study techniques, and leadership. It considers how these issues affect society, reflecting on the causes of the functioning of the world.
About The Boys
To ease tensions in a Bristol school, seven Somali and African Caribbean boys are brought together. Five years later, the author finds them again, uncovering powerful stories of exclusion, ambition, and success as they approach their GCSEs.
Academic Apartheid
A silent majority speaks out. Academic Apartheid is a collection of poignant international essays uncovering the challenges of working on the borders of the ivory tower without job security, adequate wages, or health benefits.
This book explores education and empowerment for Afghan women. It examines the significant improvements achieved since the fall of the Taliban, the challenges that still lie ahead, and the threat women will face in the event of the Taliban returning to power.
African Immigrant Children in the United States
African immigrant children and their families navigate forging new identities in a foreign land while upholding their cultures. Their journeys, marked by challenges and triumphs, highlight the universal struggle of belonging and show how they become bridges between cultures.
This collection of qualitative studies explores current educational issues concerning teachers, students, and parents. Using scientific yet comprehensible methods, it investigates attitudes and behaviours on topics of international relevance, making research accessible to all.
Applied Social Sciences
This collection of essays on education covers topics from elementary school to higher education. It will appeal to a wide range of readers, including teachers, researchers, and students, who wish to improve both personally and professionally.
Aspects of Social Justice in an Arab Israeli Teachers’ College
These essays shed a social justice-focused light on teacher education. Based on real-life experiences, contributors share practical strategies for supporting Arabic-speaking students in a multicultural setting. A vital resource for educators working in diverse environments.
Beyond the Book
This collection explores aspects of children’s literature ‘Beyond the Book’.
From woodcuts to e-books, children’s literature is reinterpreted through illustration, pop-ups, film, and stage adaptations, celebrating the creativity that engages young readers.
Catholic Schools in a Plural Society
This book collects articles and policy papers on state-maintained Catholic education in England and Wales. It explores the context of these schools, their academic performance, and provides data on pupils’ outcomes, teachers, and leadership.
Is intercultural exchange truly possible in societies riddled with tensions? This collection of studies addresses the challenges posed by diversity and inequality in the construction of inclusive societies.
Children, Childhood, and the Future
The science of a “good childhood” is based on Western children, ignoring the global majority. This volume bridges that gap by exploring childhood in African countries, offering ways to develop joint ideas about childhood instead of imposing one-sided standards.
Critical Interculturality
Dervin offers new critical insights into intercultural communication and education, assembling previously unpublished lectures delivered in different countries (namely, Canada, China, Finland, Russia and the USA), as well as notes on intercultural events and encounters.
This essential resource offers an international perspective on the interplay between education and migration. Featuring contributions from academics, it delves into integration, entrepreneurship, and mediation, offering invaluable insights for researchers and policymakers alike.
Digitalisation, Inclusion, and Exclusion in Higher Education
Moving beyond access, this collection examines how the digital divide perpetuates inequality in higher education. Through a social justice lens, it analyzes the issue from theory to practice with global case studies and showcases innovative policies to bridge the divide.
To address diverse student needs, education must move to an inclusive, student-centric approach. This volume highlights diversity and inclusion practices, helping educators understand and address the challenges students face.
Education and Hegemony
This book examines the globalization of education in India and its impact on social structures like caste, class, and gender. It argues this process creates a market-driven system that hierarchizes knowledge, marginalizing critical reasoning.
This handbook guides educators and caregivers in closing the Achievement Gap. It generates support for teaching diverse learners by constructing a learning environment that ensures equity in the classroom for every child.
Leading international experts share multidisciplinary perspectives on evaluation, illustrating its potential to demonstrate the impact of social interventions. This guide offers practical examples of contrasting methods and helpful advice with a human-centred focus.