Education Studies is a popular and growing field of undergraduate study. This text looks at key themes and topical debates within Education Studies, using a number of important extracts and writings to exemplify different perspectives and to help students gain a deeper understanding. These are presented in an accessible way, helping the reader to develop critical skills while dealing with core content. Topics are organized into three major themes - theorizing education, education and social justice, and education in the 21st century - to provide comprehensive coverage of the most important current issues within this field.

This book provides an accessible undergraduate-level introduction to the central educational concepts of learning and culture. In examining these themes it addresses key issues including: what is meant by 'culture'; characteristics commonly associated with contemporary culture; relationships between culture and learning; changing understandings of how, what, where and when we learn; the relationship between learning, national identity and citizenship; and the impact of all these on our way of life today. These ideas are approached from historical, philosophical, sociological, political and psychological perspectives: the traditional disciplines of Education Studies.