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Inclusive Education, Politics and<br />

Policymaking<br />

Anastasia Liasidou<br />

‘This book presents a clear, scholarly and<br />

committed argument about the vision<br />

and struggle for inclusive education<br />

and for alternative ways of conceiving<br />

inclusive education policymaking … it is a<br />

book to be read by all to be challenged,<br />

to gain insights and to examine and reexamine<br />

personal and political positions.’<br />

Brahm Norwich, Professor of Educational<br />

Psychology and Special Educational Needs,<br />

University of Exeter, UK<br />

• A critical introduction to a key area of Education Studies BA<br />

courses<br />

• Supports student learning throughout with boxes covering key<br />

points, case studies and implications for practice<br />

• Draws together a wide range of theories and research to<br />

explore inclusive education<br />

ANASTASIA LIASIDOU is Assistant Professor of Inclusive Education at the<br />

European University, Cyprus.<br />

UK March 2012 US May 2012<br />

192 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches<br />

HB 9781441109019 - £70.00 / $130.00<br />

PB 9781441157393 - £22.99 / $39.95<br />

Contemporary Issues in Education Studies<br />

Continuum<br />

New Technology and Education<br />

Anthony Edwards<br />

‘This book, with its accessible but<br />

informed style, will get you thinking and<br />

spark debate. Anyone with an interest<br />

in education or technology should read<br />

it.’ Andrew Connell, Senior Lecturer and<br />

Director of PGCE, Keele University, UK<br />

• Introduces the theme to the reader,<br />

drawing on international perspectives,<br />

and supports them to critically explore<br />

the debates<br />

• Considers the philosophical, psychological and sociological<br />

implications of the relationship between technology and<br />

education<br />

• Reflective exercises, interviews, chapter summaries and useful<br />

websites are included throughout<br />

New Technology and Education explores recent debates and<br />

developments, including:<br />

• What is the relationship between creativity, education and<br />

new technology?<br />

• Are subject boundaries blurred by the use of new technologies?<br />

• How do we plan for technologies becoming redundant?<br />

ANTHONy EDWARDS is Director of Education Studies at Liverpool Hope<br />

University, UK.<br />

UK January 2012 US March 2012<br />

224 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches<br />

HB 9781441189851 - £70.00 / $130.00<br />

PB 9781441197740 - £22.99 / $39.95<br />

Contemporary Issues in Education Studies<br />

Continuum<br />

The Identities and Practices of High<br />

Achieving Pupils<br />

Negotiating Achievement and Peer Cultures<br />

Becky Francis, Christine Skelton and<br />

Barbara Read<br />

• Explores the social and academic<br />

identities of high achieving pupils<br />

• Written by internationally-renowned<br />

leading scholars in the field of gender<br />

and education<br />

• Draws upon a wealth of wide-ranging<br />

data, including the authors’ recent<br />

research<br />

BECKy FRANCIS is Director of Education at the Royal Society for the<br />

Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), UK.<br />

CHRISTINE SKELTON is Professor of Gender Equality in Education at the<br />

University of Birmingham, UK.<br />

BARBARA READ is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at the<br />

University of Roehampton, UK.<br />

UK February 2012 US April 2012<br />

216 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches<br />

HB 9781441157195 - £75.00 / $140.00<br />

PB 9781441121561 - £24.99 / $44.95<br />

Continuum<br />

EDUCATION<br />

EDUCATION<br />

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