In 2001, the first issue of a new journal was published that focused on disseminating the work of postgraduate researchers at the Institute of Education. This new journal was called: Educate ~ The London Journal of Doctoral Research in Education.…

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In this file are the complete set of abstracts from the Institute of Education's Doctoral Research Summer Conference 2006. Shortly, audiovisual presentations will be available for download for those that took place in the main hall.

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Abstract
This paper attempts to illustrate a link between educational advance and
formation of the developmental states in East Asia. The paper first introduces several
approaches explaining East Asia’s rapid development. Then, it focuses on statist
approaches. The developmental…

Abstract:
Universities are increasingly required to provide an education for students that
enables them to acquire global knowledge, skills and languages, so that they can perform
professionally and socially in an international and multicultural context. Although the
situation varies according…

Abstract:
A journey entails endings and beginnings, loss and retrieval. It offers a chance
of change and renewal, but also a risk of disorientation and displacement. Researchers-
as-voyagers, travel from familiar inner and outer landscapes into unknown territories with

Abstract:
The forms that political education should take, and indeed its very presence in
schools, are strongly contested questions. This paper explores these ideas in the light of
the work of two theorists, Bernard Crick and Paulo Freire. There…