This book is a succinct and distinctive presentation of current research addressing educational issues in relation to children and young people with disabilities in Southern contexts. It was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Inclusive Education.

Looking at discourse and narrative methods in their interrelations, this book offers readers an orientation within this broad and contested area and develops concrete analytical strategies for those who wish to explore both or one of these fields.

Written in an informal style, this is the essential, practical and accessible step-by-step guide for all teacher-training students, who in addition to facing the enormous challenge of training to become a teacher, also have to conduct their own classroom-based research.

This book demystifies the research process and shows how to select methods which are appropriate for working with young children in early childhood settings or at home.

Using case studies and real situations, this book highlights the contribution that Foucault and other post-structural theorists can make to research and practice in early childhood services.

Reflecting the trials and tribulations and the problems and promises of conducting research, this guide reveals it as a much more complex process than is usually recognised, often messy and disorganised. It looks at issues from choosing topics through methods to publication of findings.

A guide to researching teaching for all trainee teachers in the lifelong learning sector. Supports trainees through their training and into their profession.

A practical introduction to the process of designing, doing and writing up research with children and young people.

A practical guide offering simple steps for trainee teachers or experienced practitioners new to research, on getting started with their education research project.

This work focuses on the field of early years research. It argues that the educational research community has blossomed in the UK in recent years, with the growth of higher degrees and practitioner research within this area.

This 1943 book examines the problems facing universities in a world in which demand for specialisation increasingly overshadowed the ideal of a liberal education.

This compelling book examines what theory means for both student and researcher and questions whether the confidence in educational theory is justified.

Education in a Catholic Perspective explores Catholic philosophical and theological foundations for both education and for Catholic education in particular. With contributions spanning the theological foundations of Catholic education, the interplay of theology and education, and discussions of the social and missional dimensions of education.

Demonstrating how popular culture both reflects and constructs social and professional ideas about the teacher, this book looks at a number of themes that are central to debates about education including bullying, underachievement and sexuality.

This up-to-date introduction to a key policy area, Paul Trowler puts current education policy into context by showing how it has evolved over time and in response to different political ideals.

This book aims to posit theory as a central component to the study of education policy and education more broadly. It provides clear, introductory entries into contemporary critical theories and their take up in education policy studies, offering a generative invitation to further reading, thought and exploration.