By introducing the reader to the nature of learning ecologies - recognising how learners consider themselves, their personal development and their learning spaces - this book outlines the history of the concept and locates it within the context of the contemporary world.

Education and Racism is a concise and easily accessible primer for introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the field of race and 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.

Concise, engaging and accessible, Education Research: The Basics discusses key ideas about the nature and purpose of education research: what it can and cannot achieve, how it has been used over the years and where and how it has had an impact.

Education: The Basics is a wide ranging introduction to education as an academic subject, taking into account both theory and practice. Covering the study of education as whole, including the schooling system, the nature of knowledge and methods of teaching, this book takes into account the viewpoints of both teachers and pupils within international contexts.