Understanding Education Studies: Critical Issues and New Directions (Routledge

1. Introduction

Section 1: Positioning Education Studies

2. Education Studies as an Undergraduate University Subject: A Short History

3. An International Insight into Education Studies

4. Exploring the Identity of an Undergraduate Education Programme

Section 2: Practices and Pedagogies of Education Studies

5. Knowing Learning Matters

6. Discovering your Philosophy of Education through Digital Storytelling

7. Assessment for Transformation: Adopting a Humanist Approach to Assessment and Feedback on a BA Education Course

8. Student Achievement and Wellbeing: Understanding Motivation through Self-Determination Theory

9. Taking a Global Perspective: The Nature and Value of Comparative and International Education (CIE) in UK Universities

10. Being `International¿: The Opportunities and Challenges of Studying Education as an International Student

11. Learning about Research Methods: A Case Study

12. Education for Sustainability: Connecting Students to Outdoor Learning via Forest School

13. The Role and Value of Arts-Based Learning for Education Studies

Section 3: Challenge and Change in Education Studies

14. Education and Democracy: The Public Sphere Reclaimed for Educational Study

15. The Role of Social Justice Theory in Education Studies

16. Inclusive Curriculum Matters: Co-creating a Decolonised Education Curriculum Through Student Voices

17. Speaking through Silence: Embracing Fear and Shame in Anti-racist Education

18. Understanding Identity and Positionality through Student-Staff Interactions on an Education Studies Undergraduate Programme

19. Men and Masculinities on Undergraduate Education Studies Degrees

20. Rebalancing Power Relations in Teacher-Student Co-creation

Section 4: The Personal and Professional in Education Studies

21. Employability and Pedagogies for Employability in Education Studies

22. Career Identity, Employability and Placements in Education Studies

23. Placements as Mediational Transitions: An Opportunity for Negotiated, Identity-shaping Make-belief Experiences

24. More than your Degree Title: Transferable Skills, Employability, and Diverse Opportunities for Education Students