Michael Grenfell: 10 books

This text details the practical applications of Bourdieu's theories in a series of specific pedagogic research studies, showing how his ideas can be put into practice. Language, gender, career decision-making and the experience of higher education students are all covered. Questions are also raised...

This frontline volume contributes to the social study of education in general and literacy in particular by bringing together in a new way the traditions of language, ethnography, and education. Integrating New Literacy Studies and Bourdieusian sociology with ethnographic approaches to the study of...

Every secondary school pupil studies modern foreign languages as part of the curriculum, and some do so with considerably more success than others. This book looks firstly at the ways in which languages can be taught, and secondly at case studies that highlight the practical methods that will help...

Offering a unique and original perspective on Bourdieu, language-based ethnographies,and reflexivity, this volume provides a nuanced, in-depth discussion of the complex relationship between these interconnected topics and their impact in real-world contexts. Part I opens the book with an overview...

Trust the experts; let Religious Studies specialists Susan Grenfell and Michael Wilcockson guide you through the new Theology and Philosophy content of the ISEB Theology, Philosophy and Religion syllabus for Common Entrance 13+. - Enables students to develop and review their knowledge through discussion...

Trust the experts; let Religious Studies specialists Susan Grenfell and Michael Wilcockson guide you through the new World Religions content of the 2018 ISEB Theology, Philosophy and Religion syllabus for Common Entrance 13+. - Enables students to develop and review their knowledge through discussion...

Exam Board: ISEB Level: 13+ Subject: Religious Studies First Teaching: September 2012 First Exam: Summer 2013 This book contains over 900 exam-style questions based on Syllabus A of the 13+ ISEB Common Entrance exam; it is ideal for pupils who are looking to achieve top grades in entrance exams...

The French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu was a key thinker about education and educational processes in the second half of the twentieth century. He made his name in seminal texts such as The Inheritors and Reproduction in which he analysed academic discourse and showed how differences in cultural...

Exam Board: ISEB Level: 13+ Subject: Religious Studies First Teaching: September 2012 First Exam: Summer 2013 This book provides all answers, as well as marking guidance, to the questions in the accompanying title Religious Studies for Common Entrance 13+ Exam Practice Questions. - Endorsed...

Language Learner Strategies combines principles with research and classroom practice, providing a new view of language learning to inform policy and teaching methodology. Divided into three parts, the book draws links between language learning theory in the established research literature, the authors'...