Education, 2nd Edition
A Very Short Introduction
$29.48
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2021
Summary
Since the early Egyptians, humans have formalized the business of learning, setting up designated environments to pass knowledge on to students. In this second edition of his Very Short Introduction, Gary Thomas explores how and why education has evolved, examining its responses to influences in politics, philosophy, and the social sciences.
Focusing on education today, he considers controversies over progressive versus formal teaching, and examines education worldwide, asses…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198859086 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198859082 |
| Author: | Gary Thomas |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2021 |
| Weight: | 134g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 111mm x 174mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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Critics Review
Its stimulating, readable approach…make[s] sense of the principles, themes and connections in the continuing complex story of how contested ideas around education are put into policy and realised in practice. * William Scott, Professor Emeritus, University of Bath *
Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas is Professor in Education, University of Birmingham, having previously worked as a teacher and as an educational psychologist. His teaching and research have focused on inclusion, special education, and the methods used in social science research. He has written more than 20 books and over 100 articles on his research work in education, which has been funded by UK Research Councils, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, charities and nationaland local government. He has been the editor of several major journals in education, including Educational Review and the British Educational Research Journal.
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