The RoutledgeFalmer reader in philosophy of education / edited by Wilfred Carr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carr, Wilfred.

Series:

Readers in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Physical Description:

x, 237 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2005.

Summary:

The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Philosophy of Education brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in philosophy of education today. Focusing on the enduring trends in this field, this lively and informative Reader provides broad coverage of the subject and includes crucial topics such as: philosophy and education, the aims of education, politics and education, educational policy, the moral dimensions of teaching.

With an emphasis on recent developments in philosophy and their relevance to contemporary educational policy and practice, this book represents the research and views of some of the most respected authors in the field today. Wilfred Carr also provides a specially written Introduction which provides a much-needed context to the role of philosophy in the current educational climate.

This is an essential resource for students of philosophy and philosophy of education who will find this Reader an important route map to further reading and understanding.

Contents:

Introduction: what is the philosophy of education? / Wilfred Carr 1

Part I Philosophy and education 15

1 Philosophy and educational policy: possibilities, tensions and tasks / Terence H. McLaughlin 17

The nature of educational policy 17

Philosophy and educational policy: some preliminary considerations 18

The nature of philosophy 20

Philosophy and educational policy: possibilities 23

Philosophy and educational policy: tensions 25

Philosophy and educational policy: tasks 28

2 Philosophy and education / Wilfred Carr 34

3 Feminism, epistemology and education / Shirley Pendlebury 50

Hesitant forays 50

Indelible tracks 51

Tethered by reality 53

Safe homes and disappearing acts 55

Human flourishing and habitable epistemic communities 58

Part II The aims of education 63

4 Autonomy as an educational aim / Christopher Winch 65

Autonomy and the complexity of society 66

Education, autonomy and politics 67

Strong autonomy as an educational aim 68

Strong autonomy and the aims of independent education 70

5 Self-determination as an educational aim / James C. Walker 74

Self-determination, freedom and autonomy 75

Self-determination, authenticity and the self 77

The self-determined learner in a learning community 78

Self-determination: the fundamental educational aim 81

6 The politics of identity and the epiphanies of learning / Padraig Hogan 83

Identity as the denial of difference 84

Identity, learning and choice 86

Self-understanding and the epiphanies of learning 89

7 Education, the market and the nature of personal well-being / John White 97

Part III Politics and education 109

8 Liberal values and liberal education / J. Mark Halstead 111

Fundamental liberal values 111

The values of liberal education 115

Challenges to liberal education 119

9 The politics of difference and common education / Eamonn Callan 124

10 Rethinking democracy and education: towards an education of deliberative citizens / Tomas Englund 135

Progressivism 136

Reconstructionism 136

Neopragmatism 137

Deliberative democracy as a neopragmatic model 139

Deliberative democracy as an educational process 139

Part IV Educational policy 143

11 What's the good of education? / Joseph Dunne 145

The burdens of contemporary schooling 146

Education, production and the economy 148

The points system 149

Education and equity 150

'Internal goods' and 'practices' 152

'Practices' and education 154

Teaching and learning in the light of practices 156

12 Imagining futures: the public school and possibility / Maxine Greene 161

The 'facts of the case' 161

Coming together in the name of 'something to pursue' 165

The voice of the artist in imagining the possible 167

Encounters with the arts 169

13 The limits of aesthetic separatism: literary education and Michael Oakeshott's philosophy of art / Kevin Williams 174

The epistemological separatism of Michael Oakeshott 176

Aesthetic experience and personal integration 179

Means, ends and didactic intent 180

Shaping the civic imagination 182

14 Inclusion vs fairness / Robin Barrow 185

Part V The moral dimensions of teaching 193

15 Education as a moral practice / Richard Pring 195

Two examples of teaching 196

Teaching as a moral practice 198

The impoverishment of teaching 200

Preserving teaching as a moral practice 203

16 Paths of judgement: the revival of practical wisdom / Richard Smith 206

A Martian view 207

Practical judgement 208

Attentiveness 211

Someplicity 213

Everyday virtues 214

17 Moral language and pedagogical experience / Max Van Manen 219

Experiencing care-as-worry 220

Worry as caring responsibility 223

Experiencing responsibility in the face of the unique 224

Caring for the faceless 227

18 Ethics before equality: moral education after Levinas / Paul Standish 230.

ISBN:

0415345715

0415345723

OCLC:

56759236