Understanding and using challenging educational theories
Karl Aubrey, Alison Riley
- Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, c2017.
- vi, 232 p. ; 22 cm.
[Contents] 1 The father of American humanism. -- 2 The father of client-centred therapy. -- 3 Freedom to learn. -- 4 The renewal of teaching and learning, schools and teacher education. -- 5 Language codes, social class, pedagogy and the curriculum. -- 6 Theory of society. -- 7 Power, surveillance, discipline and control in education. -- 8 Caring in education. -- 9 Linking the curriculum with theory, research and practice. -- 10 Critical pedagogy. -- 11Multiple intelligences and education. -- Unschooling or home schooling. -- 13 Education as the practice of freedom. -- 14 Transformative learning. -- 15 Equity in education -- policy, teachers, and teaching
Some of the most important developments in educational thought have been put forward by theorists who have challenged existing notions about the aims of education and its role in society. But how do these ideas relate to today’s classrooms and how can you use them to improve your own teaching practice?