Disciplines of education : their role in the future of education research / edited by John Furlong and Martin Lawn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Furlong, John, 1947-

Lawn, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Study and teaching (Higher)--Great Britain.

Education.

Education--Research--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Are the disciplines of education ghosts of a productive past or creative and useful forms of inquiry? Are they in a demographic and organisational crisis today?The contribution of the 'foundation disciplines' of sociology, psychology, philosophy, history and economics to the study of education has always been contested in the UK and in much of the English-speaking world. But such debates are now being brought to a head in education by the demographic crisis. Recent research has shown that with the an ageing population of education academics, in ten years' time, there could be very fe

Contents:

The disciplines of education in the UK: between the ghost and the shadow / Martin Lawn and John Furlong

Philosophy of education in the UK: the historical and contemporary tradition / Alis Oancea and David Bridges

Sociology of education: a critical history and prospects for the future / Hugh Lauder, Phillip Brown, and A.H. Halsey

The psychology of education: achievements, challenges and opportunities / W. Ray Crozier

The history of education: a curious case? / Joyce Goodman and Ian Grosvenor

The contribution of the economics of education to education / Lorraine Dearden, Stephen Machin, and Anna Vignoles

Comparative and international education: policy transfer, context sensitivity, and professional development / Michael Crossley and Keith Watson

Towards a geography of education / Chris Taylor

Gaining a commanding voice / Sheldon Rothblatt

Disciplines of education: the value of disciplinary self observation / Edwin Keiner

Disciplines of education and their role in the future of educational research: concluding reflections / John Furlong and Martin Lawn.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-91798-5

1-136-91799-3

1-282-78099-9

9786612780998

0-203-84413-0

9780203844137

OCLC:

664551701