This updated edition of A Student’s Guide to Education Studies is essential for undergraduates delving into education. It explores diverse educational visions, challenging conventional ideas on learning and knowledge. Organized around five themes—Policy and Politics, Global and Environmental Education, Knowledge and Learning, Childhood and Youth, Professionalism and Employment—it offers new perspectives on class, race, and gender. Updated with the latest research, it includes new chapters on sociology and philosophy of education, inclusion, childhood and youth, professionalism, work-based learning, and populism. With discussion questions, summaries, and reading suggestions, it equips students to critically analyze education policy and practice.