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Direct linkLesley Powell, Editor; Adam Cooper, Editor; Trent Brown, Editor; Simon McGrath, Editor – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2024
This edited volume explores how youth and informal sector workers in the global south are pioneering learning and livelihoods that exist at the intersections of, and beyond, the boundaries of the state, market, and other formal institutions. Underpinned by research undertaken in the global south, this book discusses how we might better theorise,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Vocational Education, Informal Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHolford, John, Ed.; Boyadjieva, Pepka, Ed.; Clancy, Sharon, Ed.; Hefler, Günter, Ed.; Studená, Ivana, Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 2023
This open access book challenges international policy 'groupthink' about lifelong learning. Adult learning -- too long a servant of business competitiveness -- should be reimagined as central to democratic society. Young adults, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds, engage more in education and training, and learn more day-to-day at work, if…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Disadvantaged, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education
Patton, Lori D., Ed.; Evans-Winters, Venus, Ed.; Jacobs, Charlotte, Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2022
While figures on Black women and girls' degree attainment suggest that as a group they are achieving in society, the reality is that their experiences are far from monolithic, that the educational system from early on and through college imposes barriers and inequities, pushing many out of school, criminalizing their behavior, and leading to a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Investment, African American Students, Females
Download full textRicardo Martinez, Editor; Ezequiel Aleman, Editor; Ángela Shamira Morales Pereira, Contributor; Ana Corona, Contributor; Rodrigo Alemán, Contributor; Kaleb Germinaro, Contributor; Alvin Logan Jr., Contributor; Natacha Monestel Mora, Contributor; Julia Iriarte, Contributor; Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, Contributor; Sediqa Temori, Contributor; Mathias Abraha, Contributor; Josephine H. Pham, Contributor; Angel Trazo, Contributor; Petra J. Lange, Contributor; Erin Perry, Contributor; greg wickenkamp, Contributor; Allison JoAnn Lester, Contributor; Eden Kadosh, Contributor; Atlas Suarez, Contributor; Abigail Rubinstein, Contributor; Nicole Mirra, Contributor – Bank Street College of Education, 2025
The theme of Issue 53 of the "Bank Street Occasional Paper Series, Speculative Youth Participatory Action Research: Narratives of Imaginative Social Dreaming," arose from the perception that many youths and teachers assumed that youth participatory action research (YPAR) was unattainable to them. This issue argues that, to the contrary,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Participatory Research, Imagination, Youth
Yusuf Ikbal Oldac Ed.; Lili Yang Ed.; Soyoung Lee Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education, 2023
This edited volume argues for positioning students at the centre of higher education, drawing from the concepts of student agency and self-formation. The volume highlights that higher education has broader and more important purposes than what a neoliberal human capital approach would suggest, and explores how students exercise their agency and…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Higher Education, Educational Theories, Educational Practices
Mynard, Jo, Ed.; Shelton-Strong, Scott J., Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2022
Through the application of self-determination theory (SDT) to research and practice, this book deepens our understanding of how autonomous language learning can be supported and understood within environments outside of the classroom. Theoretical, empirical and practice-focused chapters examine autonomy support in a range of contexts and settings,…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Independent Study, Academic Advising, Second Language Learning
Odom, Samuel L., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2022
In a convenient large-size format, this book presents the first research-based, comprehensive program designed to support high school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Developed and tested in public schools by the Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (CSESA), the program addresses four critical…
Descriptors: High School Students, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adolescents, Literacy
Parry, Gareth, Ed.; Osborne, Michael, Ed.; Scott, Peter, Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 2023
This book examines access, lifelong learning and education for all, which have been policy preoccupations in all countries for more than half a century, but have been overlaid and pushed aside by the development of mass higher education. The authors examine what has been achieved, what lessons have been learnt and what still remains to be done,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Equal Education, Personal Autonomy
Miller, Kristine A., Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2020
This book asks an overdue question: can we build honors contracts that transcend the transactional? The word "contract" itself--as both noun and verb--delimits more possibilities than it reveals. The chapters collected here expand this restrictive term by reframing honors contracts as collaborative partnerships for experiential learning.…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Experiential Learning, Contracts, Partnerships in Education
Bavendiek, Ulrike, Ed.; Mentchen, Silke, Ed.; Mossmann, Christian, Ed.; Paulus, Dagmar, Ed. – UCL Press, 2022
Drawing extensively on the expertise of teachers of German in universities across the UK, this volume offers an overview of recent trends, new pedagogical approaches and practical guidance for teaching at beginners level in the higher education classroom. At a time when entries for UK school exams in modern foreign languages are decreasing, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, German, College Faculty
Maribel Santiago, Editor; Tadashi Dozono, Editor – Harvard Education Press, 2025
In "Shifting the Lens in History Education," Maribel Santiago and Tadashi Dozono and a team of educational scholars call for history education that honors and respects the past and future agency of historically marginalized communities. This collection encourages history educators to extend their focus past conventional, inquiry-driven…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Personal Autonomy, Disadvantaged, Power Structure
Carolin Fuchs, Editor; Mirjam Hauck, Editor; Melinda Dooly, Editor – Educational Linguistics, 2021
This book brings together contributions on learner autonomy from a myriad of contexts to advance our understanding of what autonomous language learning looks like with digital tools, and how this understanding is shaped by and can shape different socio-institutional, curricular, and instructional support. To this end, the individual contributions…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Interaction, Second Language Learning, Educational Technology
de la Rosa, Olga María Alegre, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2021
This book reviews literature and research linked to early childhood education and care (ECEC). This educational level is fundamental for acquiring key competencies for school entry and establishing the physical, cognitive, and emotional bases for lifelong learning. Preschool education should promote student autonomy as the ability of a child to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Preschool Education, Personal Autonomy
Zia Tajeddin; Thomas S. C. Farrell – Springer, 2025
This handbook synthesizes accumulated research evidence about the main areas of language teacher education. It systematically applies research synthesis to the field, providing coherent, systematic insights into various aspects of language teacher education. Each chapter compares research conducted between 2010-2020 within a specialized area of…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Characteristics, Reflective Teaching
Lee, Carol D., Ed.; White, Gregory, Ed.; Dong, Dian, Ed. – National Academy of Education, 2021
The aim of the "National Academy of Education (NAEd) Educating for Civic Reasoning and Discourse" report is to better prepare students to examine and discuss complex civic, political, and social issues by ensuring that the curricula, pedagogy, and learning environments that they experience are informed by the best available evidence and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Political Issues, Social Problems
