02382 a2200433 4500 1136733752 20250317100357.0 250312042019GB eng 9781136733758 Taylor & Francis GBP 29.99 BB 01 eng JNM thema JNF thema JNAM thema GPS thema JHB thema JBCC thema NH thema JNM bic JNF bic JNAM bic GPS bic JHB bic JFC bic H bic EDU000000 bisac EDU001000 bisac EDU015000 bisac EDU034000 bisac 303.4 bisac John Schostak Democracy, Education and Research The Struggle for Public Life 1 Oxford Routledge 20190809 226 p Considering how practices and processes of research and education can create fundamental, radical social change, Democracy, Education and Research assesses the meaning of ‘public impact‘ by rethinking what is meant by ‘public‘ and how it is essential to the methodologies of education and research. Focusing on empirical illustrations of the use of research and educational processes in contemporary and emergent forms of social organisation, this book: Covers the traditional forms to be found in education, health systems, community, business and public institutions, as well as emergent forms arising from innnovation in technologies. Explores the forms of learning and knowledge creation that take place across the everyday interactions in places of learning, communities or workplaces Discusses how learning and knowledge can be intentionally shaped by individuals and groups to effect social and political change Considers the research strategies required to forge new practices, new ways of working and living for a more socially just world Including practical examples of research that has created real change, Democracy, Education and Research will be a vital resource to professional researchers in their roles as teachers, educators and activists as well as students of education, sociology, politics, cultural studies. Ivor F. Goodson A01 742 742