| Description |
1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Series |
Theorizing Education |
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Theorizing education series
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| Contents |
Cover; Making a Difference in Theory; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Introduction: The theory question in education and the education question in theory; Section I The contextual presence of theory; 1 The empirical and political 'fact' of theory in the social and education sciences; 2 Challenges of educational theory in the age of knowledge capitalism; 3 Between universally claimed theory and common understanding: Theoretical knowledge in education; 4 The changing field of educational studies and the task of theorizing education |
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Section II The practice of doing theory5 Theories have consequences, don't they? On the moral nature of educational theory and research; 6 Bildung and educational language: Talking of 'the self' in Anglo-American education; 7 On the theoretical limits of education; Section III Refractions on and agendas for theory; 8 Educational theory and the practice of critique; 9 The excess of theory: On the functions of educational theory in apparent reality; 10 Speaking educationally about teacher education; 11 Teaching theories; 12 Towards an agenda for theoretical interventions in education; Index |
| Summary |
Making a Difference in Theory brings together original work from an international group of authors on the roles of theory in educational research and practice. The book discusses the different roles theory plays, can play and should play, both from a historical perspective and in light of contemporary discussions and developments. Particular attention is paid to the question of whether there are or should be distinctively educational forms of theory and theorising. The double engagement with the theory question in education and the education question in theory and theorisin |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Allan, Julie
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Edwards, Richard, 1956 July 2-
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| ISBN |
9781135131692 |
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1135131694 |
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