Philosophical foundations of education / edited by Winston C. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, Winston C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

"This volume introduces philosophy as a foundational discipline of education. Taking a broadly inclusive approach to the branches of philosophy, it offers an accessible yet duly rigorous orientation to the field. Revealing the values, premises, arguments, and conclusions that inform contemporary philosophical discussions of education, this book equips its readers with the conceptual and analytical resources necessary to engage with and make meaningful contributions to that grand discourse for years to come. About the Educational Foundations series: Education, as an academic field taught at universities around the world, emerged from a range of older foundational disciplines. The Educational Foundations series comprises six volumes, each covering one of the foundational disciplines of philosophy, history, sociology, policy studies, economics and law. This is the first reference work to provide an authoritative and up-to-date account of all six disciplines, showing how each field's ideas, methods, theories and approaches can contribute to research and practice in education today. The six volumes cover the same set of key topics within education, which also form the chapter titles: - Mapping the Field - Purposes of Education - Curriculum - Schools and Education Systems - Learning and Human Development - Teaching and Teacher Education - Assessment and Evaluation This structure allows readers to study the volumes in isolation, by discipline, or laterally, by topic, and facilitates a comparative, thematic reading of chapters across the volumes. Throughout the series, attention is paid to how the disciplines comprising the educational foundations speak to social justice concerns such as gender and racial equality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Winston C. Thompson

Mapping the field / Winston C. Thompson

Purposes of education / Liz Jackson

Curriculum / Lynda Stone and Daniel P. Gibboney, Jr.

Schools and education systems / Yusef Waghid

Learning and human development / Paul Standish and Naoko Saito

Teaching and teacher education / Carrie Winstanley and Janet Orchard

Assessment and evaluation / Andrew Davis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-17090-9

1-350-17087-9

OCLC:

1346125896