Caring Confrontations for Education and Democracymakes a compelling case for redirecting current practices of education to focus on being educated rather than having an education.The book offers a detailed analysis of how an education for democracy must encourage commitment to important ideals and strengthen the vulnerabilities of people which make them easily manipulated by politicians and the media. It addresses the need for education that focusses on people’s m...

Often regarded as one of life’s few certainties, death is both instantly familiar to us and deeply mysterious. Death is everywhere, yet few of us take the time to consider its significance in shaping human lives. This book addresses the difficult, complex, sensitive subject of death from a unique point of view. Drawing on insights from philosophers across the ages, the authors argue that death is a matter of profound educational importance. Paying particular attention to thinkers in the ex...

This book reexamines reflection and ethics for teachers, and argues the case for ensuring teaching practices are educational and professional rather than simply technical or clinical. Demonstrating that theory is indispensable when it comes to professional deliberation and educational practice, the authors draw on their experience to provide insights for teachers that will enable them to become better professional educators.This collection of research chapters, written by establish...

Don’t go to sleep. These tales will surely haunt your dreams. No one awakens from their dark embrace. If your nightmares are not filled with a child murderer and a reanimated, murderous corpse, you will never find rest from the deadly secrets of the past, dismemberment, or being buried alive. Sleep, if you dare. Run, if you can. You will never be safe again.

This book deals with what Christ defined as the biggest challenge of the last days - deception. Crisis is hitting the earth with increasing intensity and the urgent battle is for sight of God in the midst of it all. This book reveals how God is Sovereign over these events and how they are marshaling the nations towards the fulfillment of His ultimate plan. The Arc of Empires provides a compelling description of the macro-design of God's End-time movements and identifies how we need to posi...

It is a season of the fresh speaking of God to His Church in the earth! There is a demand in God for the church to embrace a more robust and powerful Prophetic dimension, and a new kind of prophet is required in the earth at this time in order to fulfill and service the demands of heaven. The power and grace within the Apostolic Reformation has produced in the Church an ability to discern correct design and has brought into sharp focus the architecture of the new Prophetic dimension. This ...

This book documents the political and economic ramifications of the policy impetus for a "science of education" and what this means for classroom teachers, their teaching practices and for the field of education.In a critical exploration of current research and policy articulations of the purposes of education, with attention given to Australia, the UK and the USA, this book delineates the evaluative mechanisms involved in the strategic science as method adoption of accountability,...

The issue of methodology is a fundamental concern for all who engage in educational research. Presenting a series of methodological dialogues between eminent education researchers including Michael Apple, Gert Biesta, Penny Enslin, John Hattie, Nel Noddings, Michael Peters, Richard Pring and Paul Smeyers, this book explores the ways in which they have chosen and developed research methods to style their investigations and frame their arguments.These dialogues address the specialize...

This work contains the same stories as "Don't Go to Sleep: Tales to Keep You UP," but with 4 more stories of absolute horror. Don’t go to sleep. These 12 tales of terror will surely haunt your dreams. No one awakens from their dark embrace. If your nightmares are not filled with a child murderer and a reanimated, murderous corpse, you will never find rest from the deadly secrets of the past, dismemberment, cannibalism, life after death, body-snatching spirits, or being buried alive. Sleep,...

During a time of crisis and God’s intensified dealings with the nations of the earth, our insight into the meaning of events must increase. We must see beyond earthly reality and turn our eyes more towards God in order to gain true understanding. We cannot rely upon insight that comes from man’s intelligence and his rational thinking systems, nor can we depend on the narrow function of a prophetic order that is primarily gift based. The prophetic has to become a more broad and holistic sys...

As we walk with God towards the End of the Age the nations will continue their downward spiral into conflict and crisis. In the midst of the turmoil God is strengthening his Church, building people who are strong of spirit, clear in purpose and able to withstand the assaults of darkness. The role of the prophetic is key to the process. When correct prophetic functionality is present in the Church, it produces people who are full of faith, resolute and courageous. Today, God is releasing Hi...

Understanding Curriculum is a critical introduction to contemporary curriculum theory and practice. Substantially revised, the second edition includes more detailed consideration of the ideological underpinnings of curriculum development, features new chapters on assessment and reporting, and updated vignettes and extracts. These features, combined with all the elements of the previous edition, encourages readers to reflect on how curriculum theory can inform and enhance classroom practice...