Making a Difference in Theory (eBook, ePUB)

The theory question in education and the education question in theory
Redaktion: Biesta, Gert; Edwards, Richard; Allan, Julie

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This edited collection focuses on the contextual presence of theory, the practices of doing theory, and refractions on and agendas for theory respectively. The contributors to the first volume from around the world reflect a range of perspectives and positions in the debate about the purpose and value of educational theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135131685
• Artikelnr.: 39190634

Autorenporträt

Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory and Policy at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, and editor-in-chief of Studies in Philosophy and Education. Julie Allan is Professor of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Borås, Sweden. Richard Edwards is Professor of Education at the School of Education, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Contextual Presence of Theory The Empirical and the Political
'Fact' of Theory in the Social and Educational Sciences Thomas S. Popkewitz
. Challenges of Educational Theory in the Age of Knowledge Capitalism
Lisbeth Lundahl. Between Universally Claimed Theory and Common
Understanding: Theoretical Knowledge in Education Daniel Tröhler. The
Changing Field of Educational Studies and the Task of Theorising Education
Joannes BellmannPart II: The Practice of Doing Theory Theories have
Consequences, Don't They? On the Moral Nature of Educational Theory and
Research Deborah Gallagher.Bildung and Educational Language: Talking of
'the Self' in Anglo-American Education Norm Friesen. On the Theoretical
Limits of Education Alexander M. SidorkinPart III: Refractions on and
Agendas for Theory Educational Theory and the Practice of Critique Robin
Usherand Anna Anderson. The Excess of Theory: On the Functions of
Educational Theory in Apparent Reality Tomasz Szkudlarek. Speaking
Educationally about Teacher Education Anne M. Phelan. Teaching Theories
Lynn Fendler. Towards an Agenda for Theoretical Interventions in Education
Julie Allan, Richard Edwards and Gert Biesta.