Transitions in Mathematics Education

This book examines the transitions taking place in mathematics education from school to tertiary level, as well as from traditional to modern curricula. It explores how changes in educational systems, social structures, and economic demands affect the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Transforming the Future

This book explores how anticipation—the ability to imagine, evaluate, and prepare for possible futures—can transform decision-making in the 21st century. Developed in partnership with UNESCO, it introduces Futures Literacy as a key capability for navigating uncertainty

Time in Education Policy Transfer

This book examines how time shapes the global transfer of education policies. It introduces seven temporal dimensions—such as timing, pacing, and historical layering—that influence how reforms are adopted, adapted, or resisted across different countries.

The Prevent Duty in Education Impact, Enactment and Implications

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of how the UK government’s Prevent Duty—part of its counter-terrorism strategy—has been interpreted and enacted in educational settings. Drawing on empirical research across schools, colleges, and universities, the book explores how educators have understood and responded to the duty to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.

The Philosophy of Mathematics Education

Paul Ernest's The Philosophy of Mathematics Education critically examines the foundational assumptions underlying mathematics education. Challenging the traditional view of mathematical knowledge as certain and neutral, Ernest proposes a social constructivist perspective, viewing mathematics as a fallible social construction. This approach has significant implications for pedagogy, including in…

The Lecturer's Guide to Quality and Standards in Colleges and Universities

This guide serves as a practical handbook for lecturers in post-compulsory higher education, combining an entrepreneurial mindset with a strong educational philosophy based on reflective practice. The authors address key components of academic quality and standards, including teaching and learning, student support, assessment and evaluation, curriculum design, resource management, and marketing.

The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education

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978-981-16-6506-6

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89 page

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370

The Contextualisation of 21st Century Skills

This book explores how 21st century skills—such as critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity—are interpreted and applied across various educational contexts worldwide. It highlights the importance of adapting these skills to local cultural, social, and economic settings, emphasizing that a one-size-fits-all approach is ineffective

Technical Universities

This open-access volume critically examines the evolution and future of technical universities as independent, single-faculty institutions. Tracing their origins from polytechnical schools established during the industrial era, the book explores how these institutions have adapted to shifts in national higher education structures, academic disciplines, and governance models.

Teaching Under Pressure: Looking at primary teachers' stress

This text is based on the author's research into primary school teachers’ stress. The research has been linked with the author's belief in the need to understand ourselves, our personal and professional situations and how they relate. The resulting book is a practical text designed to address the reader in such a way that they can readily identify with what is being discussed. Furthermore, re…