The Routledge Education Studies Textbook Is An Academically Wide-ranging And Appropriately Challenging Resource For Students Beyond The Introductory Stages Of A Degree Programme In Education Studies. Written In A Clear And Engaging Style, The Chapters Are Divided Into Three Sections That Examine Fundamental Ideas And Issues, Explore Educational Contexts, And Offer Study And Research Guidance Respectively.to Support The Development Of Critical Thinking, Debates Between Contributors Are Interspersed Within Sections And Address The Following Questions:do P Cover; The Routledge Education Studies Textbook; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Section 1 Foundations Of Education; Chapter 1 The Goals Of Education; Chapter 2 Education And Culture; Chapter 3 Education And The State 1850 To The Present; Debate 1 Do Private Schools Legitimise Privilege?; Chapter 4 Gender And Education; Chapter 5 Education And Social Class; Chapter 6 Citizenship Education And Black And Minority Ethnic Communities; Debate 2 Should The Liberal State Support Religious Schooling?; Chapter 7 Views Of Intelligence Chapter 8 How Do People Learn?section 2 Contexts: Making Education Work; Chapter 9 Understanding Underachievement In School; Chapter 10 The Politics Of Educational Change; Debate 3 Are Developments In Post-14 Education Reducing The Divide Between The Academic And The Vocational?; Chapter 11 The Historical And Social Context Of Curriculum; Chapter 12 How Should We Teach?; Chapter 13 Assessment; Debate 4 Do Schools Contribute To Social And Community Cohesion?; Chapter 14 Professional Learning; Chapter 15 Radical Education: The Past?; Chapter 16 E-learning: The Future? Debate 5 Do Traditional And Progressive Teaching Methods Exist Or Are There Only Effective And Ineffective Methods?section 3 Doing Education Studies; Chapter 17 Accessing And Understanding Research In Education; Chapter 18 Doing Educational Research; Debate 6 Educational Research: A Foundation For Teacher Professionalism?; References; Index Edited By James Arthur And Ian Davies. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 270-293) And Index.