Understanding Education Studies

Mark Pulsford is an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Warwick.Rebecca Morris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Warwick.Ross Purves is an Associate Professor of Music Education at the Institute of Education, University College London’s Faculty of Education and Society.

• 1. IntroductionSection 1: Positioning Education Studies2. Education Studies as an Undergraduate University Subject: A Short History3. An International Insight into Education Studies4. Exploring the Identity of an Undergraduate Education ProgrammeSection 2: Practices and Pedagogies of Education Studies5. Knowing Learning Matters6. Discovering your Philosophy of Education through Digital Storytelling7. Assessment for Transformation: Adopting a Humanist Approach to Assessment and Feedback on a BA Education Course8. Student Achievement and Wellbeing: Understanding Motivation through Self-Determination Theory9. Taking a Global Perspective: The Nature and Value of Comparative and International Education (CIE) in UK Universities10. Being ‘International’: The Opportunities and Challenges of Studying Education as an International Student11. Learning about Research Methods: A Case Study12. Education for Sustainability: Connecting Students to Outdoor Learning via Forest School13. The Role and Value of Arts-Based Learning for Education StudiesSection 3: Challenge and Change in Education Studies14. Education and Democracy: The Public Sphere Reclaimed for Educational Study15. The Role of Social Justice Theory in Education Studies16. Inclusive Curriculum Matters: Co-creating a Decolonised Education Curriculum Through Student Voices17. Speaking through Silence: Embracing Fear and Shame in Anti-racist Education18. Understanding Identity and Positionality through Student-Staff Interactions on an Education Studies Undergraduate Programme19. Men and Masculinities on Undergraduate Education Studies Degrees20. Rebalancing Power Relations in Teacher-Student Co-creationSection 4: The Personal and Professional in Education Studies21. Employability and Pedagogies for Employability in Education Studies22. Career Identity, Employability and Placements in Education Studies23. 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