Education, theory and pedagogies of change in a global landscape : interdisciplinary perspectives on the role of theory in doctoral research / edited by Victoria Perselli, Associate Professor, Kingston University, UK.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface: Disjuncture; Victoria Perselli, 1. Theory, Theorising and Pedagogies of Change; Victoria Perselli 2. Engendering Knowledge: Education, the Maternal and Doing Research with Women; Simone Galea 3. Negotiating Gender Concepts and Critical Pedagogy: A Reflective Account of Doctoral Research in Physiotherapy; John A. Hammond 4. Troubling Critical Management Learning with Theatre and Performance Practice: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Approaches to Curriculum Design; Annouchka C. Bayley 5. Lessons from Te Whariki: Insights into the Relevance of Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory in the Debate about'Schoolification' of Early Childhood; Karen McNerney 6.'Finding Foucault': Contextualizing Power in the Curriculum through Reflections on Students' Dialoguing about Foucauldian Discourses; Mary Frances Agnello 7. Rethinking Advanced Culture: A China Charactised Bricolage; Xiang Li 8. Teaching in Higher Education: Deriving a Context Specific Knowledge-Base through Praxis; Gill Nah 9. Setting a New Course or Stepping out of Line? Challenges to Previously Disconnected Theoretical Fields in a Danish Profession-Oriented Higher Education Context; Sanne Haase10. Keeping the Lights on: A Play in Two Acts; Mari Cruice.

'Where does theory come from in educational research - and how is it operationalized in diverse, interdisciplinary contexts and professional settings? This volume examines the places and spaces of theory in the work of nine pre- to post-doctoral scholars, whose narratives transport us across a wide range of interdisciplinary themes and fields of inquiry from Irigaray on mothering in higher education to Jamison among Danish engineering undergraduates; from Te Whariki in a New Zealand kindergarten to ren wen in contemporary China. Drawing on a range of theorists such as Butler, Bhabah, Bourdieu, Freire, Foucault, Levi-Strauss and Žižek, the book provides numerous opportunities for debate and discussion on theory and the doctoral thesis and their interrelations with pedagogy and methodology in times of great insecurity across the globe. In doing so it develops new possibilities for pedagogies of change in and beyond our current educational systems and structures'-- Provided by publisher.