Karl Aubrey & Alison Riley 
Understanding and Using Challenging Educational Theories [PDF ebook] 

Introduction
Ch1 Abraham Maslow: The third force in psychology
Ch2 Carl Rogers: Learner-centred teaching and the fully functioning person
Ch3 A.S. Neill: Freedom to learn
Ch4 John Goodlad: The renewal of teaching and learning, schools and teacher education
Ch5 Basil Bernstein: Language codes, social class, pedagogy and the curriculum
Ch6 Ivan Illich: Deschooling society: challenging the concept of school
Ch7 Pierre Bourdieu: Theory of society
Ch8 Michel Foucault: Power, surveillance, discipline and control in education
Ch9 Loris Malaguzzi: The Reggio Emilia experience
Ch10 Nel Noddings: Caring in education
Ch11 Lawrence Stenhouse: Linking the curriculum with theory, research and practice
Ch12 Michael Apple: Ideology, knowledge, power, and the curriculum
Ch13 Henry Giroux: Critical pedagogy
Ch14 Howard Gardner: Multiple intelligences and education
Ch15 John Holt: Unschooling or home schooling
Ch16 bell hooks: Education as the practice of freedom
Ch17 Jack Mezirow: Transformative learning
Ch18 Linda Darling-Hammond: Equity in education: policy, teachers and teaching
Ch19 Diane Ravitch: From Champion To Critic Of The American Education System
Ch20 Gloria Ladson-Billings: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Alison Riley is the Programme Leader for the BA(Hons) Early Childhood Studies degree at Bishop Grosseteste University, she has also worked on a number of educational-related programmes at the university including initial teaching training courses. Prior to joining Bishop Grosseteste University Alison spent sixteen years working in primary education, as a classroom teacher, deputy head teacher and finally head teacher of a large junior school. Alison has been involved in a number of collaborative projects and has recently been involved in an EU-funded project researching ‘Creativity in Early Science and Mathematics Education’. Alison has recently commenced doctoral studies in which she is researching the journey of students entering higher education with alternative qualifications.