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ISBN 10: 1474228984

ISBN 13: 9781474228985

Author: Richard Bailey 

The Philosophy of Education: An Introduction 1st Edition: The Philosophy of Education: An Introduction encourages the reader to actively engage with the philosophy of education and the carefully selected contributors bring the philosophy of education to life for the reader.

Each chapter:
focuses on a particular area of debate and explains the main concepts
includes extracts from philosophical writing, followed by questions that guide the reader to critically and actively engage with the text
guides the reader towards further reading and suggests next steps and more challenging sources or counter-pointed arguments.

The Philosophy of Education: An Introduction is essential reading for education students and for trainee teachers on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. It will also appeal to practicing teachers and educationalists who wish to engage with philosophical approaches to contemporary educational issues.

 

The Philosophy of Education: An Introduction 1st Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 1: What Is the Philosophy of Education?

• What is philosophy?
• What is education?
• Writing philosophy of education
• The standard pattern (perhaps)
• Different types of philosophical thesis
• Some worked examples
• Conclusion: the practical importance of philosophy
• Further reading

Chapter 2: Does Education Need Philosophy?

• Introduction
• Recent history of philosophy in educational studies
• Nuffield Review
• Doing philosophy
• Educational aims
• Culture and community
• Learning and teaching
• Provision
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• Useful website

Chapter 3: What Is Education For?

• Introduction
• What is ‘education’ and must an educator have an aim?
• Knowledge for its own sake
• Education for work
• Education for well-being
• Further reading

Chapter 4: What Should Go on the Curriculum?

• Introduction
• What could go on the curriculum?
• The academic curriculum
• The vocational curriculum
• The virtue-based curriculum
• Conclusion
• Further reading

Chapter 5: Can We Teach Ethics?

• Introduction: to do and to be
• A lack of agreement on what is good
• Historical changes in moral thinking
• Further reading
• Useful websites

Chapter 6: Do Children Have Any Rights?

• Introduction
• The choice theory of rights
• The interest theory
• Why might children not have rights?
• Children’s interests
• Conclusion: so, do children have rights?
• Further reading
• Useful websites

Chapter 7: Can Schools Make Good Citizens?

• Introduction
• What is a citizen?
• Conceptions of citizenship
• Making citizens
• Sites of citizen learning
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• Useful websites

Chapter 8: Should the State Control Education?

• Introduction
• The argument from autonomy
• Parents and communities versus the state
• Marketizing education
• Challenging the state
• The Escuela Moderna, 1904–1907
• Marxist positions
• Conclusion
• Further reading

Chapter 9: Educational Opportunities – Who Shall We Leave Out?

• Introduction
• Educational opportunity
• Equality of resources
• Equality of outcome
• Equality of opportunity
• What is meritocracy?
• Desert and merit – who deserves provision?
• Who would you reward?
• Is it acceptable to be inegalitarian?
• Are you elitist?
• Inclusion and the field of ‘special education’
• The nature of difference
• Conclusion
• Further reading
• Useful websites

Chapter 10: Should Parents Have a Say in Their Children’s Schooling?

• Introduction
• Arguments in favour of parental rights
• Arguments against parental rights
• Conclusion
• Further reading

Chapter 11: What’s Wrong with Indoctrination and Brainwashing?

• Introduction
• The problem of indoctrination
• Demarcating indoctrination
• The apparent inevitability of indoctrination
• Conclusion: so, what’s wrong with indoctrination?
• Further reading
• Useful websites

Chapter 12: Reading the Philosophy of Education

• Introduction
• Further reading
• Useful website

Chapter 13: Writing the Philosophy of Education

• Plato and dialogue
• Talking philosophy
• Philosophy and literature

 

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