Utbildningens moraliska & sociala uppgift

Alla anställda i förskola, skola och övriga delar av skolväsendet har ett jämställdhetsuppdrag: att öka barns och elevers handlingsutrymme och valfrihet. Lärare ska också kunna diskutera hur vi människor påverkas av könsnormer och könsmönster i samhä

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With numerous examples to supplement her rich theoretical discussion, Nel Noddings builds a compelling philosophical argument for an ethics based on natural caring, as in the care of a mother for her child. In Caring - now updated with a new prefa...

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Skolan, demokratin och de unga medborgarna (ed.2-2024) En vanlig fo?resta?llning är att skolan har en viktig funktion att fylla i en demokrati. Skolan ska fostra ansvarska?nnande ma?nniskor och samha?llsmedlemmar - och mer specifikt utrusta elever...

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En av det moderna tänkandets mest inflytelserika filosofer »Har någon lust att för ett ögonblick skåda in i och ner i den hemlighetsfulla verkstad, där idealen här på jorden fabriceras? Har någon mod att göra det?« ¿ Sommaren 1887 - ett och ett ha...

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Hur skapar vi en skola som ger alla elever lika möjligheter att lyckas, oavsett var de bor eller vilka förutsättningar de har? Vilken betydelse har skolledarskapet för att skapa en inkluderan

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Den grundläggande principen för gemenskap i skola och samhälle uttrycks ofta med frasen "människors lika värde". Men principer och verklighet talar inte alltid samma språk. I syfte att bejaka likavärdesprincipen har diskriminerings-lagen reviderat...

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A passionate defense of the humanities from one of today's foremost public intellectuals In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of edu...

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The liberal arts are under attack. Degree courses like English and history, once very popular and highly respected, are in steep decline. In the US President Obama recently urged students to keep in mind that technical training could be more valua...

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Skola och medborgarfostran behandlar den svenska enhetsskolans historia från 1900-talets början fram till 1960-talet och etablerandet av grundskolan. När utvecklingen mot enhetsskola under olika perioder hakade i dominerande idéströmningar - som h...

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One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn. In Montessori, Angeline Stoll Lillard shows that sc...

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In The Burden of Conscience, Giroux confronts the insidious rise of fascism infiltrating today's politics and education, alongside the suffocating silence that paralyzes our will to resist and speak truth to power. He decries the moral apathy in t...

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The New York Times bestseller Financial Times, TLS, Evening Standard, New Statesman Books of the Year 'Excellent, their advice is sound . . . liberal parents, in particular, should read it' Financial Times Have good intentions, over-parenting and ...

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This book offers a coherent theory of education, education as widening and deepening dialogic space, that addresses the fundamental educational questions: What should we teach? How should we teach it? And, of course, why should we teach it? This d...

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Tact and the Pedagogical Relation focuses on two topics of increasing interest both in teacher education and research. It shows how questions of sensitive and attuned action as well as educators' relations with children and the young are special-u...

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Unpacking Critical Race Theory (CRT) and exploring why it has become a focus in politics across the US and the UK, White Lies uses CRT to expose the systemic racism that shapes education. It charts the coordinated campaigns - involving think tanks...

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The No. 1 Bestseller Biography of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023 The Last Word Listeners' Choice Award, Irish Book Awards 2023 'One of the best [books] I have read about the complexities of poverty . . . one of the most remarkable people you wil...

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Why Teaching Matters is an introductory guide to core elements of teaching, getting to the heart of what teaching is, and why it matters. Paul Farber and Dini Metro-Roland introduce the following 8 elements which encompass the many issues, themes ...

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Why do some adults think it's fine to hit children? Why does the school system fail so many pupils? And when their future is on the line, why can't children vote? How we treat children isn't fair. Despite the lip service paid to their rights, chil...

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The 21st century looks quite different in reality to the predictions made by science fiction writers. Instead of a world dominated by flying cars and androids, we have found ourselves living in the wake of a global pandemic, experiencing an increa...

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While Sweden is often viewed as a benchmark for equality within education, this book examines this assumption in greater depth. The author argues that Sweden's education system - even prior to the global spread of neoliberalism in education, meta-...

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Social Theory and Education Research is an advanced and accessible text that illustrates the diverse ways in which social theories can be applied to educational research methodologies. It provides in-depth overviews of the various theories by well...

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Disrupting the individualism of much conventional psychological research into learning, this book presents a situated, practice-based understanding of learning, based on the theories of situated learning and practice architectures, conceptualising...

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Providing a comprehensive, global overview of the digitalisation of education, the World Yearbook of Education 2024 examines the ways advanced digital technologies are transforming educational practices, institutions and policy processes.Establish...

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What should the relationship between school and society be? Obstinate Education: Reconnecting School and Society argues that education is not just there to give individuals, groups and societies what they want from it, but that education has a dut...

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Shortlisted: BERA Educational Research Book of the Year 2025 Climate change, biodiversity collapse, pandemics, wars, resource shortages, inflation, socio-economic inequality? after decades of progress and prosperity, the world has hit the limits t...

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This book brings the key ideas and concepts of social realism to bear on current debates in the fields of knowledge and curriculum. The key concern of this collection is to highlight matters related to knowledge and the influence these dimensions ...

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Human brains are diverse: each one of us has a unique set of connections between billions of nerve cells. Neurodiversity is about us all. It is not an exclusive club or one condition, difficulty, difference, or disorder. Understanding more about t...

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'Buy this book' DOUGLAS MURRAY 'An urgent call for reformation' DAVID GOODHART THE EXPLOSIVE NEW BOOK FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NATIONAL POPULISM AND VALUES, VOICE AND VIRTUE. Depressed tutors and disillusioned students. Funding ...

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Historical and Moral Consciousness highlights how ethics can be understood in the context of History education. It analyses the qualitative differences in how young people respond to historical and moral dilemmas of relevance to democratic values ...

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