Educational theories, cultures and learning : a critical perspective / edited by Harry Daniels, Hugh Lauder, Jill Porter ; with Sarsh Hartshorn. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - viii, 241 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Critical perspectives on education . - Critical perspectives on education series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pedagogy, culture, and the power of comparison / Robin Alexander -- Pedagogy and cultural convergence / Roger Dale -- Metaphors in education / Anna Sfard -- Students' development in theory and practice: the doubtful role of research / Kieran Egan -- Cyberworlds: children in the information age / Sarah L. Holloway and Gill Valentine -- The learner, the learning process, and pedagogy in social context / Julian Williams -- Brain development during adolescence / Sarah-Jayne Blakemore -- Interrogating student voice: pre-occupations, purposes and possibilities / Michael Fielding -- The transition to school: reflections from a contextualist perspective / Jonathan R.H. Tudge, Lia B.L. Freitas, and Fabienne Doucet -- Vygotsky, tutoring, and learning / David Wood and Heather Wood -- Becoming a teacher: a sociocultural analysis of initial teacher education / Anne Edwards -- Teaching as an affective practice / Chris James -- Cultivating positive learning dispositions / Guy Claxton -- Continuity and discontinuity in school transfer / Yolande Muschamp -- Moral development and education / Wim Wardekker -- The significance of 'I' in living educational theories / Jack Whitehead -- Identity, agency and social practice / William Lachicotte.

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Educational sociology.
Teaching--Social aspects.
Learning--Social aspects.

LC191 / .E427 2009

306.43