Paradigm and Ideology in Educational Research (RLE Edu L)

Paradigm and Ideology in Educational Research (RLE Edu L)
Author: Thomas Popkewitz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136465790

This book explores the complex social assumptions and values that underlie research programmes about schools. The analysis of educational research draws upon American and European scholarships in the sociology of knowledge, social philosophy and the history and sociology of science. The discussion considers first the communal, crafts and social characteristics of educational research. Three research models empirical-analytic, symbolic or linguistic and critical sciences are given attention. The discussion of the three research models is to illuminate how the constellation of commitments, assumptions and practices inter-relate to perform a paradigm giving different and conflicting definitions to the meaning of educational theory and to the use of the particular techniques of enquiry. The social role of educational research and the researcher is also considered.

Strategic Motivations of Inward R&D FDI

Strategic Motivations of Inward R&D FDI
Author: Osagie Igbinigie
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2020-06-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030410153

This book explores the motivations of R&D foreign direct investment (FDI) in a developed country, placing a particular emphasis on the United Kingdom. Multinational enterprises operate in increasingly competitive and complex environments, and the role of R&D can be vital in the creation, adaptation or adoption of knowledge across different foreign locations. This book offers valuable insight into the similarity and distinction between strategic and specific motivations of R&D FDI at the country level, addressing a key gap in previous research on the topic. Based on an empirical study, the authors challenge current thinking in international business studies by shifting focus from R&D FDI globalisation to the concentration of R&D FDI in a single location, conceptualising the interplay of strategic and location-specific motivations. This book is a vital read for students, researchers and practitioners interested in understanding the motivations behind R&D FDI decisions in the UK and beyond.

Social Crisis and Educational Research (RLE Edu L)

Social Crisis and Educational Research (RLE Edu L)
Author: Len Barton
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-04-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136471111

Originally written at a time of crisis in the education system of Britain – occasioned by cuts, contradictions and change - many of the issues discussed in this book are still relevant today. Debate in the book focuses upon an examination of the nature of the crisis, an exploration of the impact of the crisis upon school processes and upon the relationship between life in school and in the wider community, an investigation of the responses being made by pupils, teachers and educationalists to the day-to-day manifestations of the crisis and a consideration of how the current crisis is giving a particular poignancy to issues to do with the theories and methods employed in our study and interpretation of contemporary educational processes.

Routledge Library Editions: Education Mini-Set L Sociology of Education

Routledge Library Editions: Education Mini-Set L Sociology of Education
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 11232
Release: 2021-06-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113645957X

Mini-set L: Sociology of Education re-issues 48 volumes originally published between 1928 and 1990. The books in this mini-set discuss: Teaching and social change, research processes in education, class, race, culture and education, marxist perspectives in the sociology of education, the family and education, the sociology of the classroom and school organization.

Schooling, Ideology and the Curriculum (RLE Edu L)

Schooling, Ideology and the Curriculum (RLE Edu L)
Author: Len Barton
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2012-04-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136471189

Although the different contributions to this book range over a wide spectrum of substantive issues, they share a common interest. This is a concern to explore the ways in which notions of the relations between theory and practice, between belief and action, can be used to develop three kinds of sensitivity in the sociology of education. A sensitivity towards how school systems are created, maintained and made to function; towards developing a more refined, critical and constructive awareness of the reliability and validity of descriptions, analyses and explanations offered in this field of study; and a sensitivity towards the ways in which changes take place within the education system and how the insights and realisations generated in the discipline might be used to control such occurrences.

Quantitative Methods in Educational Research

Quantitative Methods in Educational Research
Author: Stephen Gorard
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2010-07-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1441196714

This is a comprehensive guide to quantitative research, rooted in the author's own teaching and research. In particular, it challenges both the student who "does not do numbers" and the student who does nothing but numbers (and who therefore fails to interpret or challenge his/her results). The book shows how all educational researchers need to "do" quantitative research, even if only in the sense of reading other people's research findings. In fact, the book argues that the conventional distinction between primary and secondary research data is inadequate, since there is enormous need/opportunity for conducting research through using and reinterpreting secondary data. This leads to one of the main selling points of the book - Gorard's idea of the "idle researcher", who makes valuable contributions to the research literature by using data gathered by other researchers.

Contemporary Research in the Sociology of Education (RLE Edu L)

Contemporary Research in the Sociology of Education (RLE Edu L)
Author: John Eggleston
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136468609

The subject matter of this book – what happens in schools, the effects of curriculum change, the reasons why some children are successful and others are not – explains just why the sociology of education is one of the most important areas to achieve political importance. There are five sections to the book covering: Educational Achievement; Educational Provision; The Organization of the School; Roles in the School and Values and Learning. The editor discusses the implications of the material presented (much of which was available for the first time when this book was originally published).

Race, Class and Education (RLE Edu L)

Race, Class and Education (RLE Edu L)
Author: Len Barton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136471324

One problem which continues to absorb social scientists is the way in which so much social deprivation stems from racial or class status. The discussion in this book is developed in two ways: firstly, careful attention is given to an examination of the way minority groups create and maintain collective identities and action. Secondly, the relationship between this movement and such topics as racism in schools, schooling, unemployment and West Indian involvement in sporting rather than academic activities is analysed, together with the nature of the educational experience of different class and gender groups.

Teaching Mathematics in Secondary Schools

Teaching Mathematics in Secondary Schools
Author: Linda Haggarty
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780415260695

The importance placed on mathematics in the school curriculum can hardly be over-estimated. This book is concerned with exploring the bigger picture of mathematics education.

Globalisation, Ideology and Education Reforms

Globalisation, Ideology and Education Reforms
Author: Joseph Zajda
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2020-06-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9402417435

This book analyses the nexus between ideology, the state, and education reforms worldwide. The research evinces the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current education and policy reforms and illustrates the way these shifts in the relationship between the state and education policy are affecting current trends in education reforms and schooling around the globe. With this as its focus, the chapters represent hand-picked scholarly research on major discourses in the field of global education reforms. Offering a compendium of the very latest thought on the subject, this book is, like the others in the series, a state-of-the-art sourcebook for researchers, practitioners and policymakers alike. Not only do the chapters offer a timely analysis of current issues shaping education policy research; the work also contains ideas about future directions that education and policy reforms could take. By doing so, it provides a comprehensive view of the diverse and intersecting discourses on globalisation and policy-driven reforms in education. The book draws on recent studies in the areas of globalisation, education reforms, and the role of the state. Respective chapters critically assess the dominant discourses and debates on education and policy reforms. Using diverse comparative education paradigms, ranging from critical theory to historical-comparative research, they focus on globalisation, ideology and democracy, and examine both the reasons for and outcomes of education reforms and policy change.