Provides a critical account of how contemporary educational knowledge is put together and presented in the global knowledge economy, redefining the actors in the education process, including principally the child, pupil, and learner, but also the teacher, parent, inspector and policy-maker.

This portrait of the Anglo-Scandinavian world is supplementary reading for 2nd/3rd year undergraduate courses in Medieval British history and the Norman Conquest. Set against the backdrop of Viking raids and the Norman Conquest of 1066, the book unravels the history of a feuding family that determined the course and fortunes of all the English.

Aims to identify the gaps needing to be bridged to achieve a more inclusive and early childhood education, in relation to class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race, disabilities and age. This book explores various ways of bridging these gaps. It is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of early childhood education.