The recently published book, Social Theory for Teacher Education Research: Beyond the Technical-Rational, co-edited by Kathleen Nolan and Jennifer Tupper, is a superb addition to the book series, Social Theory and Methodology in Education Research providing a close fit with the objectives
On 18th Sept. 2019 we were invited to introduce our research as part of an event organised by UK Stand Alone, and held at the Scottish Parliament. While the focus of the day was on students’ own experiences of estrangements, as represented
By John D. Holst and María Alicia Vetter The Chilean sociologist and popular educator, Marta Harnecker, died on June 15, 2019, at the age of 82. When educators think of adult or popular education in Latin America, they generally think of Paulo
This all-day event, taking place in the University of Glasgow on Tuesday July 9th, 2019, is geared towards education researchers who are interested or engaged in hybridising social theory in their own educational research. The day will include a number of speakers
Special Issue of the Journal of Applied Social Thery: Character Assassination, Reputation, and Social Judgement Guest Editor: Sergei A. Samoilenko, George Mason University, U.S. Proposal Submission Deadline: April 12th , 2019 In recent years, the issue of character assassination (CA) gained prominence
Critical realism: What is it and does it relate to the broader discipline of critical theory? Critical realism was developed most notably in the work of Ram Roy Bhaskar (2007; 2015), who developed it as a comprehensive philosophy of knowledge and being
