The Routledge Education Studies Reader (2010)

According to the editors, the Reader's purpose is not to be exclusive, and this goal is successfully achieved; nevertheless, it first and foremost targets students of education studies who have completed at least one year of studies and are thus probably already acquainted with some of the field's "classics". In view of the editors' claim that they have "shaped the Readings in ways that are intended to encourage critical reading" (ibid., p. 3), and taking into account the target population of the Reader, i.e., students who have already come to terms with the field of education to some extent but are still involved in a study programme, as well as the assumption that reading strategies are something to be learned, this short fragment represents a welcome aid to young readers who are still becoming accustomed to critically reflecting on what they have read.