Contemporary Debates in Education Studies

Jennifer Marshall

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781317191216
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Contemporary Debates in Education Studies gives the reader a vital and nuanced understanding of the key debates surrounding the field of education today. Exploring important educational themes such as issues of sexuality, extremism and mental health through a variety of viewpoints, this wide-ranging book questions what the nature and purpose of education are, and how this can be understood in contemporary contexts.

From eradicating child poverty in schools, to considering how education should rise to the challenge of the digital world, the book covers an extensive range of topics designed to inspire discussion and debate. Examining a variety of perspectives, each chapter looks at these topics through key research, thinkers, theorists and policies, and, featuring discussion questions and case studies throughout, it forms a truly accessible and interactive guide to the issues that can not only help students access the debates, but also provide lecturers with questions to stimulate seminar discussions.

Challenging current thinking on a number of topics, this book's original and distinctive ideas consider how education should meet some of the trials and tribulations of the 21st century, and its wide-reaching and all-encompassing discussion will be essential reading for all students on undergraduate and postgraduate education studies courses.

INDEX

Page numbers in bold refer to a table, italics to figures.

Abdullaeva, D. 47

Abrahms, M. 38

academies 25–6, 57–9

Academies Act (2010) 57

accountability 53, 57–8, 88

Achievement for All strategy 144

Adams, R. 59

adolescence: LGBT students 99–100, 104; mental

health issues 7; refugees 147; self-harming 132–3

Amabile, T. M. 66, 70, 73

anxiety 7, 132–4, 142, 147, 148

Apprenticeships Inquiry (2016) 188

apprenticeships 91, 188, 191

Asprey, A. 124

attainment gap 26, 60, 85, 100; see also educational attainment

Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder 142

Australia, education initiatives 145, 162, 164

autistic spectrum 121, 122, 123–4

autonomy 57, 59

Bartlett, S. 13

behaviours 19, 65, 124; behavioural resilience 160–2; creative children 65–6, 76; extremists 33–4; refugee children 141, 145, 147–8; teacher 68, 73, 107–8

Bell, L. 130

Belshaw, D. 172

benefit system 18–19, 20–1; Child Benefit 89, 90

Benn, M. 61

Bhui, K. 35

Bin Laden, Osama 37

biopower 121–2

bisexual individuals 104–6; see also LGBT individuals

Blatchford, P. 121

Blower, C. 26

Bowl, M. 114

Bradshaw, J. 22

British: naturalisation 44; values 9–10, 33–4, 40, 44, 193

British Standard for Organisational Resilience (BS 65000) 162

Bronfenbrenner, U. 148; ecological framework 143

Browne Review (2010) 10–11

bullying 7, 133–4, 136; cyberbullying 18...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: the nature and purpose of education in contemporary society
• Child poverty: trends, causes and responses
• Terrorism, extremism and radicalisation
• The marketization of education
• Creativity in the classroom
• The neet debate
• Sexuality and education
• Special educational needs and disability: Categorisation and naming
• Self-harm – dispelling the myths
• The mental health needs of refugee pupils
• The role of education in resilience
• Education and the digital revolution
• The future of education
• Index