A Student's Guide to Education Studies

Stephen Ward was, until 2012, Dean of the School of Education at Bath Spa University, UK, where he led the pioneering Education Studies programme and Teacher Education degree. His research has traced the development of Education Studies as a university degree subject and he was a founder member of the British Education Studies Association (BESA), an academic network for tutors and students.

Section 1: Policies and politics  1 Education policy and politics  2 Children, families and the state  3 Social mobility and education  4 Poverty, deprivation and educational attainment  5 Gender and educational achievement  6 Education and Race  7 Cultural religious plurality in education  8 Social and educational inclusion  9 Education for democracy  Section 2: Global and environmental education  10 Globalisation and the knowledge economy  11 Education for All and role of multilateralism  12 Convergence and difference in European education systems  13 Information technology and learning in the global knowledge economy  14 Sustainable schools  15 A futures perspective on education  Section 3: Learning, knowledge and the curriculum  16 Knowledge is a dangerous thing: Curriculum and education  17 Young children learning  18 Learning and cognitive theory  19 The ecology of learning  20 Cultural connections in learning  21 Educational Research