Understanding Education Studies

Understanding Education Studies explores undergraduate education programmes in a new way. Written by those at the forefront of teaching and learning, it encourages students to delve beneath the surface of their degree subject and reveals important insights about the how, why and where next for 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. Introduction Section 1: Positioning Education Studies 2. Education Studies as an Undergraduate University Subject: A Short History 3. An International Insight into Education Studies 4. Exploring the Identity of an Undergraduate Education Programme Section 2: Practices and Pedagogies of Education Studies 5. Knowing Learning Matters 6. Discovering your Philosophy of Education through Digital Storytelling 7. Assessment for Transformation: Adopting a Humanist Approach to Assessment and Feedback on a BA Education Course 8. Student Achievement and Wellbeing: Understanding Motivation through Self-Determination Theory 9. Taking a Global Perspective: The Nature and Value of Comparative and International Education (CIE) in UK Universities 10. Being 'International': The Opportunities and Challenges of Studying Education as an International Student 11. Learning about Research Methods: A Case Study 12. Education for Sustainability: Connecting Students to Outdoor Learning via Forest School 13. The Role and Value of Arts-Based Learning for Education Studies Section 3: Challenge and Change in Education Studies 14. Education and Democracy: The Public Sphere Reclaimed for Educational Study 15. The Role of Social Justice Theory in Education Studies 16. Inclusive Curriculum Matters: Co-creating a Decolonised Education Curriculum Through Student Voices 17. Speaking through Silence: Embracing Fear and Shame in Anti-racist Education 18. Understanding Identity and Positionality through Student-Staff Interactions on an Education Studies Undergraduate Programme 19. Men and Masculinities on Undergraduate Education Studies Degrees 20. Rebalancing Power Relations in Teacher-Student Co-creation Section 4: The Personal and Professional in Education Studies 21. Employability and Pedagogies for Employability in Education Studies 22. Career Identity, Employability and Placements in Education Studies 23. 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