We will introduce the chapters in thisbook through an outline of the sorts of problems that people face in school. We do so because our intention is to offer possibilities for thinking of these problems through frameworks ...

The contemporary issue of multiculturalism and its importance within current education debates is dealt with here. The aim of this book is to increase under-standings of how multiculturalism has conceptually developed over ...

Educational equality is a fundamental principle of social justice. Yet despite the centrality of social justice and its extensive analysis in the theory and research of education, the concept of equality is conversely ...

Each school is different and every child is unique. Consequently, there isn’t a single model of this new paradigm of education that will work everywhere. That’s the whole point of this book. The task for educators is to ...

The unprecedented expansion of higher education in recent decades and its resulting incorporation into mainstream society (as distinct from being an elite preserve), have focused attention sharply on the processes and ...

This book is primarily for students, especially at undergraduate and masters levels. Its principal aim is to help engender a view of education as a humanitarian responsethat is not limited to the narrow context of disasters, ...

The disparity between excellence and equity is a key issue for education policy and practice. This book is an argument for equity and inclusion in education, based on a model of social justice which is grounded in relationships ...

Using forty years of evidence-based research as its core, Family Engagement with Schools: Strategies for School Social Workers and Educators is the only book written specifically for social workers and social work students ...

The landscapes of higher education have been changing rapidly, with enormous growths in participation rates in many countries across the world, and major developments and changes within institutions. But the languages that ...

'Music Education for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder' provides information about autism spectrum disorder and strategies for engaging students with ASD in music-based activities such as singing, listening, moving, ...