"An Introduction to the Study of Education" considers the nature, aims and purposes of education. It introduces the new student of Education Studies, and related courses, to the key perspectives and contexts of education in order to prepare them for further study in the field. This book is an accessible, introductory course companion for Education Studies. Boxed examples and case studies are provided where appropriate, to enable the student learner to contextualise the introductory theory that is presented. The authors also introduce methods of autobiography through which students will be challenged to explore and contextualise their own educational journey in order to make sense of education in the past, present and future.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Part One PERSONAL JOURNEYS
1 Writing the Self: Educational Autobiography
Stories and Oral Histories
Educational Autobiographies
Personal Journeys
Writing 'Your Self'
Summary
Part Two THE NATURE OF EDUCATION
2 The Purpose of Education.
What is Education?
What is Education For?
Education as a Product and a Process
Education and Schooling
Summary 3 What It Means To Be Educated
What it means to be educated
The Value of Education
Education as a Human Right
Summary
4 The Structure of Education.
Historical Perspectives
Orientation and Organisation
An Open Systems Perspective
A Comparative Perspective
Summary
5 The English Education System
Influences
Meta-Organisation: Organisation and Control
Macro-Organisation: Contexts and Curriculum
Micro-Organisation: Teaching and Learning
Summary
Part Three PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATION
6 Sociological Perspectives on Education
Sociological Perspectives on Education
Consensus Theory: Functionalism
Conflict theory - Marxism and neo-Marxism
Interactionism
Critical Pedagogy
Perspectives on Race and Gender
Summary
7 Philosophical and Ideological Perspectives
Philosophy and Education
Ideology and Education
Educationalists in the Romantic tradition:
Rousseau 1712 - 1778
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi 1746 - 1827
Maria Montessori 1870 - 1952
John Dewey 1859 - 1952
Makiguchi 1871 - 1944
A.S. Neill 1883 - 1973
Summary
Part Four THE CONTEXTS OF EDUCATION
8 Formal Contexts for Learning
The Learning Society and Notions of Formal, Informal and Non-Formal Education
Choice - And the Diversity of Provision
Independent Schools
Faith Schools
Home Education
Summary
9 'Learning in Places'
Museums, Galleries and Heritage Sites
Theatre as Education
Extended Schools
Summary
10 Alternative Education
Alternative Education
Pupil Referral Units
Prison Education
Hospital Education
Improving Alternative Educational Provision
Summary
Part Five EDUCATION REVISITED
11 Education in the Future
Future Studies
Future Challenges
Future Possibilities
Future Scenarios
Summary
References
Index
