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.
The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Education
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Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors.Foreword. (Paul Hirst)Introduction. (Nigel Blake, Paul Smeyers, Richard Smith, and Paul Standish)Part I: Social and Cultural Theories1 Pragmatism and Education. (Jim Garrison and Alven Neiman)2 Critical Theory and Critical Pedagogy. (Nigel Black and Jan Masschelein)3 Postmodernism/Post-structuralism. (Michael Peters and Kenneth Wain)4 Feminism, Philosophy and Education. Imagining Public Spaces. (Maxine Greene and Morwenna Griffiths)Part II: Politics and Education5 Liberalism and Communitarianism. (Eamonn Callan and John White)6 Democratic Citizenship. (Penny Enslin and Patricia White)7 Education and the Market. (David Bridges and Ruth Jonathan)8 Multicultural Education. (Pradheep Dillon and J. Mark Halstead)Part III. Philosophy as Education9 The Activity of Philosophy and the Practice of Education. (Padraig Hogan and Richard Smith)10 Critical Thinking. (Sharon Bailin and Harvey Siegel)11 Practical Reason. (Joseph Dunne and Shirley Pendlebury)Part IV: Teaching and Curriculum12 Higher Education and the University. (Ronald Barnett and Paul Standish)13 Information and Communication Technology. (David Blacker and Jane McKie)14 Epistemology and Curriculum. (Andrew Davies and Kevin Williams)15 Vocational Education and Training. (Paul Hager and Terry Hyland)16 Progressivism. (John Darling and Sven Erik Nordenbo)Part V: Ethics and Upbringing17 Parents and Children. (Paul Smeyers and Colin Wringe)18 Autonomy and Authenticity in Education. (Michael Bonnett and Stefaan Cuypers)19 Changing Notions of the Moral and of Moral Education. (Nel Noddings and Michael Slote)20 Education in Religion and Spirituality. (Hanan Alexander and Terence H. McLaughlin)References.Index.
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Nigel Blake teaches at the Open University, Paul Smeyers at the University of Leuven Belgium, Richard Smith at the University of Durham, and Paul Standish at the University of Dundee. They originally came together to explore their shared interest in postmodern issues and poststructualist theory in relation to education. Their first collaboration, Thinking Again: Education after Postmodernism (1998), laid the foundations for other projects, including Education in an Age of Nihilism (2000). They have since addressed the educational influence of the European Union, reform in higher education, issues of on-line education and of moral education in their joint projects.