In this Guide, you'll find:
Reference sources are a great starting point for research. Reference sources typically provide definitions, give topic overviews, and explain theories. They can also point to additional readings and scholarship. Examples of reference sources include: dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, guidebooks, manuals, and textbooks.
Provides authoritative definitions for more than 2,600 terms that apply to educational research, practice, and theory.
In-depth explanations of the history, use, and implications of more than 150 terms as defined by scholars prominent in the field.
Provides a wealth of information on virtually every aspect of education, from the evolution of school curriculum, education funding, and church-state controversies to the latest debates on multiculturalism, prayer in school, and sex education.
Key topics include: biographies, theoretical and ideological perspectives, key programs and legislation, the politics and processes of educational reform and policy making, dissent and resistance, and technology's impact on educational reform.
Discusses key historical and contemporary issues, research, theoretical perspectives, national policies, and practices
Provides students with essential themes, topics and expressions that Education students are likely to encounter, both during their courses and beyond in professional practice.
Entries on topics of theoretical and practical interest in educational theory and philosophy by authoritative world scholars.
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the academic field of curriculum studies for the scholar, student, teacher, and administrator.
