The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Education

Philosophy of education has now established itself throughout the world as a theoretically significant and practically vital discipline. In this important survey, an international group of leading philosophers charts the development of the field in the twentieth century and points to important questions for its future.Each chapter has been written as a collaboration between authors in order to emphasize the diversity of thought, and where appropriate, the dissent and debate that is intrinsic to the field. The contributors explore social and cultural theories, politics and education, philosophy as education, teaching and curriculum, and ethics and upbringing. The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Education is state-of-the-art map to the field as well as a valuable reference book.

ISBN 0631221190   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780631221197 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 714 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Oxford Imprint Blackwell Publishing Ltd   Series ISSN 9 Format Paperback   Series title Blackwell Philosophy Guides Publication date 20 Sep 2002   Height (mm) 243 Non-book description xvi, 414 p. ;   Width (mm) 172 Library of Congress 2002066430   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY 370.1   Academic level Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC21   Alternative ISBN 9780470996294 Pages 432

		Notes on Contributors
		Foreword by Paul Hirst
		Introduction by Nigel Blake and Paul Smeyers and Richard Smith and Paul Standish		1
Pt. I		Social and Cultural Theories		19
1		Pragmatism and Education by Jim Garrison and Alven Neiman		21
2		Critical Theory and Critical Pedagogy by Nigel Blake and Jan Masschelein		38
3		Postmodernism/Post-structuralism by Michael Peters and Kenneth Wain		57
4		Feminism, Philosophy, and Education: Imagining Public Spaces by Maxine Greene and Morwenna Griffiths		73
Pt. II		Politics and Education		93
5		Liberalism and Communitarianism by Eamonn Callan and John White		95
6		Democratic Citizenship by Penny Enslin and Patricia White		110
7		Education and the Market by David Bridges and Ruth Jonathan		126
8		Multicultural Education by Pradeep A. Dhillon and J. Mark Halstead		146
Pt. III		Philosophy as Education		163
9		The Activity of Philosophy and the Practice of Education by Padraig Hogan and Richard Smith		165
10		Critical Thinking by Sharon Bailin and Harvey Siegel		181
11		Practical Reason by Joseph Dunne and Shirley Pendlebury		194
Pt. IV		Teaching and Curriculum		213
12		Higher Education and the University by Ronald Barnett and Paul Standish		215
13		Information and Communication Technology by David Blacker and Jane McKie		234
14		Epistemology and Curriculum by Andrew Davis and Kevin Williams		253
15		Vocational Education and Training by Paul Hager and Terry Hyland		271
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"An experienced quartet of editors has brought complementary ranges of expertise to a volume that fully maintains the high standards of a series, Blackwell Philosophy Guides, that is proving to be both invaluable to students and a repository of the best in contemporary philosophical thinking. The twenty dual-authored contributions, like the editors' introduction, confirm the conviction - Plato's, Nietzsche's, Dewey's - that not only is authentic philosophy educative but that an authentic education engages the philosophical imagination." David E. Cooper, University of Durham "This volume contains many excellent essays that between them capture in an authoritative - and lucid - way the intellectual diversity of the contemporary field of philosophy of education. Clearly it should have a place in the professional library of all serious students of the field." D.C. Phillips, Stanford University "This excellent collection documents the vitality and relevance of contemporary philosophy of education. Its combination of disciplinary and topical subject matters provides a framework for discussions that are philosophically rigorous at the same time that they touch upon and illuminate many of the prevailing educational concerns of our time. Most impressively, this collection blends the voices of 45 different scholars, from 11 different nations, into a coherent conversation around the discipline's history, development, and future prospects." Nicholas C. Burbules, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign "The top people writing this (Barnett on the university, Bridges on the market, Griffiths on feminism and equity, Halstead on values, Noddings on social policy, Peters on postmodernism, Wringe on democracy) provide a well-arranged collection of materials likely to interest students of education, studying it at university and in continuing education, as well as educational researchers, ethicists, people looking at citizenship, and anyone lecturing in the field. A comprehensive set of references at the end provides any reader, and any library manager wanting to check this area of their collection, with an excellent benchmark listing." Reference Reviews "The 20 chapters provide a panoramic view of current activity in philosophy of education. They also largely achieve the editors stated goal of placing this activity in the context of key aspects of the nature and development of the discipline." Choice, May 2003

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