Recently placed in charge of the Aqua Augusta, the aqueduct that brings fresh water to thousands of people around the bay of Naples, Roman engineer Marius Primus struggles to discover why the aqueduct has ceased delivering water and heads ...

In this book, Marilyn Fleer draws on a range of cross-cultural research in order to challenge Western perspectives and to move beyond a universal view of the construct of play.

This book draws on the findings of a major international comparative study of national routes to a 'high skills' economy in Britain, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States, and includes data from interviews with over ...

Barbara Rogoff argues, however, that human development must be understood as a cultural process, not simply a biological or psychological one.

Specially selected by Stephen Ball, this is a collection of the best and most interesting recently published papers that ¡use¢ Foucault to analyse, destablise and re-claim educational ¡problems¢.

Suitable for early years practitioners, early childhood students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and all those who work with and care for young children, this is an exciting and thought-provoking book.

Children's play is a universal human activity, and one that serves a significant purpose in personal development.Throughout this volume, which is an extension of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, the editors and ...

Changes in the Second Edition: Introduces Pinar¢s formulation of allegories-of-the-present — a concept in which subjectivity, history, and society become articulated through the teacher¢s participation in the complicated conversation ...