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Informed by a hermeneutic perspective, this title presents a survey of the Pre-Socratic thinkers, the contexts from which they emerged and their influence. It calls into question a longstanding mythology that the 'Pre-Socratics had the grandiose audacity to break with all traditional forms of knowledge' (Badiou).

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The field of religion and ecology is an emerging and growing movement that is becoming relevant and influential in the world.

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Do Martin Heidegger's statements on the nature of thinking compel a re-examination of Dewey's view Does Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophy of experience advance beyond Dewey's experimental model This book examines John Dewey's philosophy of education, and asks how well it stands up in view of developments in Continental European philosophy.

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A guide to a key area of Education Studies BA courses offering an introduction to the emergence of modern and post-modern childhoods. It considers the social construction of childhood through the institutions of education. It is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students on education studies and related courses.

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Examines the relationship HIV / AIDS has with education in different international contexts, from Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the USA, UK, and the Caribbean. This title draws on the international research in numerous countries, including Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, the USA and the Caribbean.

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Examines the relationship HIV/AIDS has with education in different international contexts, from Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the USA, UK, and the Caribbean. This title draws on the international research in numerous countries, including Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, the USA and the Caribbean.

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Examines the educational experiences of minority groups in different international contexts, from the USA, Finland, Rwanda, India, South Africa, Hungary, China and the UK. This title contains a summary of the key points and issues within each chapter to enable easy navigation, key contemporary questions to encourage active engagement.

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Examines the educational experiences of minority groups in different international contexts, from the USA, Finland, Rwanda, India, South Africa, Hungary, China and the UK. This title contains a summary of the key points and issues within each chapter to enable easy navigation, key contemporary questions to encourage active engagement.

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What is the relationship between education and reconciliation initiatives Who encourages and enacts it and who discourages and detracts from it This book explores the role education has played in fostering or hindering reconciliation between groups divided by violent and/or social conflict.

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What is the relationship between education and reconciliation initiatives Who encourages and enacts it and who discourages and detracts from it This book explores the role education has played in fostering or hindering reconciliation between groups divided by violent and/or social conflict.

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A timely consideration with an increased awareness of global issues and the role education can play in helping to resolve these concerns.

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Investigates the potential for creating a transnational value system in education, focusing on some key human rights issues at home and overseas. This book focuses on how education can bring about social change, connecting with theory at the level of cultural impact and policy implications.

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Examine the educational situations of a range of human groups that are marginalized or excluded from mainstream provision and also considers the idea that 'humane' means 'appropriate'. This book offers an engaging discussion about the functions of education, drawing on a range of educational situations.

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A discussion about the functions of education, drawing on a range of educational situations. It challenges the various functions of education as widely and conventionally perceived, and promotes the notion of education as a humanitarian response as the prime function.

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A monograph that challenges misconceptions about the relevance of Hegel to educational thought. It illustrates how a philosophical notion of education lies at the heart of Hegelian philosophy and employs it to critique some of the stereotypes and misreadings from which Hegel often suffers.

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Offers a comprehensive introduction to the nature of contemporary education policy, its purposes and political formation which supports readers to engage in contemporary policy analysis. This title charts the continuity of policy development along neo-liberal lines, moving from New Labour to the emerging position of the Coalition government.

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Drawing on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, India, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the UK, this title considers, conceptually and empirically, the provision of education to aid and aid agencies, analyzing the internal and external factors affecting educational provision during and after emergencies.

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Drawing together eight original chapters written by scholars in the field of hermeneutics, this title takes variety of principles and themes from philosophical hermeneutics, drawing on insights from major figures such as Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur, and applies them to issues in education and the philosophy of education.

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An exploration of how the issues of extremism and terrorism should be addressed and taught in schools. It is suitable for students studying education at undergraduate and postgraduate level looking to engage with the philosophical, sociological and political issues discussed and the resulting curriculum and pedagogical debates.

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An exploration of how the issues of extremism and terrorism should be addressed and taught in schools. It is suitable for students studying education at undergraduate and postgraduate level looking to engage with the philosophical, sociological and political issues discussed and the resulting curriculum and pedagogical debates.

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James Avis argues that post-compulsory education policy provides opportunities for a progressive and radical transformation of the theory and practice of working relationships.

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Offers a global exploration of formal and non-formal education provision to refugees and asylum seekers in refugee camps, and in schools and universities of host countries. This book draws on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, North Korea, Lebenon, Africa, the USA and the UK.

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Offers a global exploration of formal and non-formal education provision to refugees and asylum seekers in refugee camps, and in schools and universities of host countries. This title draws on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, North Korea, Lebenon, Africa, the USA and the UK.

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Suitable for research students in education embarking upon their PhD, EdD or MPhil, this book encourages students to contextualise their understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods by drawing links between the research question and its theoretical framework with the choice of the quantitative/qualitative methodology.