Written by educational specialists and including over fifty interdisciplinary entries, this essential compendium offers accessible, detailed definitions of the core concepts typically explored on undergraduate Education Studies courses.
Its interactive design clarifies topics at an introductory, intermediate and advanced level, supporting students across the three years of their undergraduate study. The history and evolution of each concept is outlined with concepts practically grouped around four interrelated key educational categories - the personal, philosophy, practice and power. Key academic debates and points of contest are explored, reference to real-life educational examples are offered, and reflective questions and further reading scaffold critical engagement.
Education Studies: The Key Concepts is a bookshelf must-have, moving readers towards a coherent stance based on theory and research. It is an easy-to-use resource for anyone looking to better understand education. It is also useful for those researching education at postgraduate level to broaden their educational knowledge base outside their specific foci.
Table of Contents:
Introduction and guide to using the book
Personal
Key Concept: Imagination
Key Concept: Performativity
Key Concept: Adult education
Key Concept: Creativity
Key Concept: Psychoanalysis
Key Concept: Transformation
Key Concept: Family
Key Concept: Childhood
Key Concept: Relationships
Key Concept: Motivation
Key Concept: Neuroscience
Key Concept: Behaviour
Key concept: Consent
Key Concept: Gender
Key Concept: Identity
Key Concept: Attachment
Key Concept: Sexuality
Philosophy
Key Concept: Ethics
Key Concept: Ontology
Key Concept: Epistemology
Key Concept: Literacy
Key Concept: Bildung
Key Concept: Critical theory
Key Concept: Educational Theory
Practice
Key Concept: Pedagogy
Key Concept: Unschooling
Key Concept: Pastoral Welfare
Key Concept: Alternative Education
Key Concept: Curriculum
Key Concept: Elective Home Education
Key Concept: Profession
Key Concept: Care
Key Concept: Democratic Education
Key Concept: Inclusion
Key Concept: Diversity
Key Concept: Play
Key Concept: Special Educational Needs
Key Concept: Education Research
Key Concept: Assessment
Key Concept: Exclusion
Key Concept: School
Key Concept: Learning
Key Concept: Technology
Power
Key Concept: Equality
Key Concept: Hegemony
Key Concept: Society
Key Concept: Social Capital
Key Concept: Power
Key Concept: Social Justice
Key Concept: Law
Key Concept: Politics
Key Concept: Colonialism
Key Concept: Class
Key Concept: Policy
Key Concept: Race
Key Concept: Selection
Key Concept: Silence
Glossary
List of contributors in alphabetical order by surname
