Mini-set G: Higher and Adult Education re-issues 11 volumes originally published between 1974 and 1992. They discuss and analyze adult education from both theoretical and practical standpoints and look at the challenges facing adult education during the 1970s and 80s as well as examining the history of higher & adult education in the UK. The mini-set includes one volume which although previously available with another publisher (and out of print for some years) is now available for the first time from Routledge.

Mini-set K: Philosophy of Education re-issues 34 volumes originally published between 1916 and 1992. The books in this mini-set discuss:

  • The place of moral philosophy in the education system
  • The value of democracy and the nature of knowledge
  • The nature and basis of the teacher's authority
  • The basic essentials of linguistic and concpet analysis
  • The area of aesthetic education
  • The educational theories of Plato, James Mill, Rousseau, Dewey, Froebel and Pestalozzi

Dealing with all aspects of teacher education in the past 50 years the 13 books in this set, originally published between 1969 and 1996, discuss how the education system in the UK has changed; the impact of restructuring on teachers; teacher expectations around the world and other important topics in the sociology of education and teacher research.


Originally published between 1973 and 1993 the 14 books in this set discuss a number of themes such as: policy, practice and evaluation in schools; dealing with disruptive behaviour; issues regarding the teaching of arts and sciences; ethnographic studies of life in primary and secondary schools and critical events in teaching and learning.


Mini-set A:Comparative Education re-issues 11 volumes originally published between 1945 and 1983 and covers educational theory and practice from the UK, France, Germany, Russia, America, Africa and Asia.


Mini-set B: Curriculum Theory re-issues 15 volumes originally published between 1973 and 1993 and covers curriculum theory, changes in curricula and the politics and sociology of the school curriculum.


Mini-set J: Multi-cultural Education re-issues 8 volumes originally published between 1984 and 1994. The books in this mini-set:
  • Look closely at widely held assumptions about 'race' and schooling in Britain, and evaluate the role of the school in a multi-ethnic society.
  • Discuss the nature of staff development and how multicultural education is packaged in the USA
  • Show how the education system itself can reinforce racist assumptions and behaviour in society
  • Discuss how through educational and social reconstructing the education system can promote constructive cross-cultural relations.
  • Examine the pitfalls in multicultural education.
  • Chart the development and problems of second language education for minority groups in several countries.

Mini-set F:Gender re-issues 7 volumes originally published between 1978 and 1992. Most of the volumes concentrate on the schooling of girls, but the differences between the genders are discussed extensively in this important area in the sociology of education.

Mini-set M: Inclusion and Special Education re-issues 8 volumes originally published between 1975 and 1986. They discuss topics such as the assessment of special educational needs, comparative special education, the sociology of special education, labelling theory, deviance and education, and disruptive behaviour in schools.


Mini-set L: Sociology of Education re-issues 48 volumes originally published between 1928 and 1990. The books in this mini-set discuss: Teaching and social change, research processes in education, class, race, culture and education, marxist perspectives in the sociology of education, the family and education, the sociology of the classroom and school organization.

First published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Mini-set E: Educational Psychology re-issues 10 volumes originally published between 1937 and 1991 and examines the impact psychology and cognitive science has had on education and teaching practice during the twentieth century.

First published in 2012. Mini-set C: Early Childhood Education re-issues 5 volumes originally published between 1913 and 1992. Over that period, but particularly in the last 4 decades, educational policy makers have become increasingly aware of the importance of early childhood education. There are many perspectives for viewing early childhood education, and the volumes in this mini-set reflect this.

Mini-set I: Language & Literacy re-issues9 volumesoriginally published between 1971 and 1992.They examine the challenges for teachers in the UK and USA in this field, with a focus on both early years education and adolescent and adult literacy. The volumes encompass elements of developmental psychology and literary theory and together provide a wide-ranging analysis of teaching and learning in the language and literary studies.

244 Volume Set

by Various

Published 8 December 2011

Routledge Library Editions: Education provides an unparalleled opportunity to purchase books by some of the greatest educationalists, teaching professionals and policy makersof the twentieth century.

244 volumes, available individually in both print and e-book formats or structured by sub-discipline, cover the essential parts of the educational landscape.

Global in its coverage, combining some of the most established and successful imprints in educational publishing such as Falmer Press and Routledge.


Mini-set H: History of Education re-issues 24 volumes which span a century of publishing:1900 - 1995. The volumes cover Education in Ancient Rome, Irish education in the 19th century, schools in Victorian Britain, changing patterns in higher education, secondary education in post-war Britain, education and the British colonial experience and the history of educational theory and reform.