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Looks at gender equality in schooling as an aspiration of global social justice. This book analyses the historical, sociological, political and philosophical issues involved and examines actions taken by governments, Inter-Government Organisations, NGOs and women's groups since 1990 to combat this injustice.

The educational achievement of parents is often reflected in that of their children and there are many underlying causes for such a relationship. Providing an overview of academic and policy thinking in relation to the role of the family, this book explores the educational success of children.

Offers the reassessment and realignment of Curriculum Studies in the UK and international contexts. Comprising a collection of eleven original chapters by nationally and internationally known experts in the field of Curriculum Studies, this book aims to lead and foster generic debates about formal education and its relationships to the society.

Offers a refreshing reconsideration of key educational experiences including those of: being judged and assessed, both formally and informally, adapting to different groups for different purposes, struggling to think under pressure, and learning to recognise and adapt to the expectations of others.

Intends to re-dress the lack of attention that technology developers and enthusiasts pay to a learner's wider context, offering a definition of context as a set of inter-related resource elements, including people and objects.

Argues for a radical education with democracy as a fundamental value, care as a central ethic, a person-centred education that is education in the broadest sense, and the image of the rich child. This book explores the meaning of radical democratic education and the common school and how they can work in practice.

Tackles the 'wider picture' of schools and digital technology - addressing the social, cultural, economic, political and commercial aspects of schools and schooling in the digital age. This book intends to make sense of what happens (and what does not happen) when the digital and the educational come together in the guise of 'schools technology'.

Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical university gave way successively to the scientific university, and then to the corporate and the entrepreneurial university. This title charts this conceptual development and examines the possibilities for the idea of the university.