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Education, Theory and Pedagogies of Change in a Global Landscape

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Role of Theory in Doctoral Research

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  1. Victoria Perselli

    1. Kingston University, UK

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Where does theory come from in educational research and how is it operationalized in diverse, interdisciplinary contexts and professional settings? This volume examines the places and spaces of theory in doctoral work across a wide range of interdisciplinary themes and fields of inquiry on a global scale.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Theory, Theorising and Pedagogies of Change

    • Victoria Perselli
    Pages 1-30

  3. Engendering Knowledge: Education, the Maternal and Doing Research with Women

    • Simone Galea
    Pages 31-47

  4. Negotiating Gender Concepts and Critical Pedagogy: A Reflective Account of Doctoral Research in Physiotherapy Education

    • John A. Hammond
    Pages 48-61

  5. Troubling Critical Management Learning with Theatre and Performance Practice: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Approaches to Curriculum Design

    • Annouchka C. Bayley
    Pages 62-86

  6. Lessons from Te Whāriki: Insights into the Relevance of Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory in the Debate about ‘Schoolification’ of Early Childhood

    • Karen McNerney
    Pages 87-109

  7. ‘Finding Foucault’: Contextualising Power in the Curriculum Through Reflections on Students’ Dialoguing About Foucauldian Discourses

    • Mary Frances Agnello
    Pages 110-126

  8. Rethinking Advanced Culture: A China-Characterised Bricolage

    • Xiang Li
    Pages 127-149

  9. Teaching in Higher Education: Deriving a Context-Specific Knowledge-Base Through Praxis

    • Gill Nah
    Pages 150-174

  10. Setting a New Course or Stepping Out of Line? Challenges to Previously Disconnected Theoretical Fields in a Danish Profession-Oriented Higher Education Context

    • Sanne Haase
    Pages 175-195

  11. Keeping the Lights On: A Play in Two Acts

    • Mari Cruice
    Pages 196-212

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 213-223
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Kingston University, UK

    Victoria Perselli

About the editor

Mary Frances Agnello, Akita International University, Japan Annouchka Bayley, Warwick University, UK Mari Cruice, Roehampton University, UK Simone Galea, University of Malta John Hammond, Kingston University, UK Sanne Haase, Aarhus University, Denmark Xiang Li, University of Calgary, Canada Karen McNerney, Northwood Prep, UK Gill Nah, University for the Creative Arts, UK Victoria Perselli, Kingston University, UK

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Education, Theory and Pedagogies of Change in a Global Landscape

  • Book Subtitle: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Role of Theory in Doctoral Research

  • Editors: Victoria Perselli

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137549235

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54922-8Published: 26 October 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54923-5Published: 26 January 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 223

  • Topics: Social Theory, Higher Education, Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Feminism, Philosophy of Education

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