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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 />
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