Education Studies: An Issue Based Approach

Education Studies continues to grow as a popular undergraduate area of study. This core text addresses themes common to all Education Studies courses. It benefits from a large list of chapters from key contributors at key institutions. This third edition has been completely revised and updated with the addition of seven new chapters. Themes newly explored include gender, research, the power of money and status and alternatives to schooling. This fully comprehensive text is accessibly written, with learning features throughout to encourage students to approach issues critically. Fully up-to-date and covering a huge range of themes for Education Studies students.

Will Curtis is Education Subject Leader and Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at De Montfort University.

Stephen Ward is Head of Education and Childhood Studies at Bath Spa University.

John Sharp is Professor of Higher Education and Head of the Lincoln Higher Education Research Institute (LHERI) at the University of Lincoln.


Les Hankin led the development of the Education Studies degree pathway at Liverpool Hope University. He has worked extensively on Hope′s teaching projects in India and Africa.