Understanding Education History, Politics and Practice /

• Main Authors: Kemmis, Stephen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Edwards-Groves, Christine (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Texts in Education,
• Subjects: Learning.; Instruction.; Teaching.; Schools.; Education-Philosophy.; Education-History.; Educational sociology.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Schools and Schooling.; Educational Philosophy.; History of Education.; Sociology of Education.

This short book provides an introduction to the study of education, outlining the dual purpose of education - to help people live well and to help develop a world worth living in. It argues that education initiates people into forms of understanding, modes of activity, and ways of relating to each o...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Studying Education
• 2 The Double History of Schooling: The History of a Practice and the History of an Institution
• 3 The Politics of Education: Reproduction and Transformation
• 4 Education, Practices, and Practice Architectures.