Why The Stirling Institute of Education?
One of the distinctive strengths of the Stirling Institute of Education lies in its work on theory. This covers the whole range of educational settings and practices (from pre-school, school, college and university to adult education, work-based learning and lifelong learning), engages with a wide range of theories and philosophies (complexity theory; social capital; educational theory; post-modern and post-structural theory and philosophy; pragmatism; critical realism; feminism; socio-cultural theory), and focuses on a range of educational topics and issues (pedagogy; curriculum; teaching and learning; inclusion; identity; emancipation). At the Stirling Institute of Education we believe in theory. Theory can help to think differently, which often is a crucial condition for being able to think at all. It can help to ask new, different and critical questions. Theory is important in its own right and for the conduct of empirical research. The Laboratory for Educational Theory is co-ordin
