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Professional Dilemmatic Spaces in Swedish School-Age Educare
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Maria Hjalmarsson; Birgitta Ljung Egeland; Peter Carlman – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2023
Global interest in the field of extended education has increased over the past two decades. Extended education in the context of Swedish school-age educare has a unique position in the school system due to its voluntariness and governance as well as the free time and leisure activities it offers pupils and the lack of set learning outcomes. These…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education, Holistic Approach, Elementary Secondary Education
Unearthing Policies of Instrumentalization in English Religious Education Using Statement Archaeology. Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
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Doney, Jonathan – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2021
This book presents the theoretical basis and practical steps involved in using Statement Archaeology, an innovative method that enhances understandings of policy development, exemplifying its use in relation to one curriculum subject, Religious Education. The book is the first of its kind to fully describe the theoretical foundations of Statement…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Religious Education, Educational Policy, Politics of Education
The Politics of Compulsive Education: Racism and Learner-Citizenship. Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
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Kitching, Karl – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2014
The marketised and securitised shaping of formal education sites in terms of risk prevention strategies have transformed what it means to be a learner and a citizen. In this book, Karl Kitching explores racialised dimensions to suggest how individuals and collectives are increasingly made responsible for their own welfare as "good" or…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Compulsory Education, Racial Bias, Citizenship Education
Preschool Teachers' Understandings of the National Preschool Curriculum in Greece
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Sofou, Efstratia; Tsafos, Vassilios – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2010
In 2003, a new curriculum was enacted in Greek preschool education, replacing the previous one of 1989 and following the development of new curricula for the other rungs of compulsory education. Within this context, the new curriculum development policy aimed at an equal integration of preschool education into the unified design of primary and…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Preschool Education, Compulsory Education
Students' Design of Experiments: An Inquiry Module on the Conduction of Heat
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Hatzikraniotis, E.; Kallery, M.; Molohidis, A.; Psillos, D. – Physics Education, 2010
This article examines secondary students' design of experiments after engagement in an innovative and inquiry-oriented module on heat transfer. The module consists of an integration of hands-on experiments, simulated experiments and microscopic model simulations, includes a structured series of guided investigative tasks and was implemented for a…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Compulsory Education, Research Methodology, Heat
Education under the Security State: Defending Public Schools
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Gabbard, David A., Ed.; Ross, E. Wayne, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2008
This highly acclaimed volume in the "Defending Public Schools" series is now available in paperback from Teachers College Press. It is a practical, necessary addition to the work of administrators, teachers, policymakers, and parents as they negotiate the difficult path of how to best teach and educate today's children and youth. This…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Privatization, Federal Legislation