This primer for prospective and practicing teachers asks students to question the historical
present and their relation to it, and in so doing, reflect on their own understandings of what it …

Explicitly linking curriculum inquiry to English education via recurring themes of
representation, democracy and knowledge, this book is a call for both researchers and …

Background The evolving transformations of our society at large, academic institutions, and
engineering discipline in the 21st century have profound implications for the nature of …

Teacher Education and the Political is a striking book which addresses the nature and
purpose of teacher education in a global context characterised by economic and political …

William F. Pinar presents a comprehensive and original study that demonstrates the
significance and pertinence of the scholarship of George Grant for teaching today. While …

Building on his seminal methodological contribution to the field–currere–here William F.
Pinar posits a praxis of presence as a unique form of individual engagement against current …

The purpose of this chapter is to offer a rationale for both the contents and structure of The
Palgrave Handbook of Teacher Education Research. Firstly, three “precepts” underlying …

Since the 1960s, human capital theory has gained prominence by postulating education as
the mean of increased monetary returns on social and personal investment. The pursuit of …

Creativity in the West is often perceived as “cutting edge” and “ground-breaking” in a
singular act of giving birth to the new. However, to what degree has this model of breaking …

This paper draws upon both Carl Jung's theory of the psyche and nonviolence philosophy to
re-examine curriculum dynamics in the context of teacher education. An integrative psychic …