Philosophy of Education

In close collaboration with the late Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp pioneered the theory and practice of ‘the community of philosophical inquiry’ (CPI) as a way of practicing ‘Philosophy for Children’ and prepared thousands of philosophers and teachers throughout the world in this practice...

While traditionally identified as a practice-based endeavour, the many dimensions of teacher education raise important philosophical issues that emphasise the centrality of ethics to questions of relationality and professional practice. This book focuses on a wide range of topics, including teacher ..

While traditionally identified as a practice-based endeavour, the many dimensions of teacher education raise important philosophical issues that emphasise the centrality of ethics to questions of relationality and professional practice. This book focuses on a wide range of topics, including teacher ..

Drawing upon both Western and indigenous philosophies, this book engages with the indigenous self’s relationship with objects around them, and how this has changed due to colonisation through a metaphysics of presence. Chapters explore the portrayal of the self in the West, examining key philosopher..

This volume explores conceptualizations of indigeneity and the ways that indigenous philosophies can and should inform educational policy and practice. Beginning with questions and philosophies of indigeneity itself, the volume then covers the indigenous philosophies and practices of a range of comm..

John White draws on the work of Galton, Pearson, Burt, Goddard and Terman in his search for the truth about intelligence testing. He looks at the similarities between the views of the Galtonians and the Puritans who also believed in predestination - to salvation and damnation...

The collection presents Dewey's views on such topics as the theory of knowledge, interests, language and expereince, the self in action, democracy and education and the philosophy of education.  It also critically evaluates Dewey's thought with a view to making explicit what is acceptable and unacce..

This book explores John Dewey’s ideas on democracy, education, and human flourishing in an era of globalization, reflecting on the legacy of Dewey’s Democracy and Education 100 years later. This book was originally published as a special issue of Educational Philosophy and Theory...

Written before, but published after The First World War, this volume’s plea for a national system of education which will produce a nation of prosperous, morally fulfilled people able to live at peace with other nations is doubly poignant given the sacrifice of the ‘lost generation’. However, the au..

Written before, but published after The First World War, this volume’s plea for a national system of education which will produce a nation of prosperous, morally fulfilled people able to live at peace with other nations is doubly poignant given the sacrifice of the ‘lost generation’. However, the au..

This book explores how philosophy of education can be brought to bear on real problems of educational research and practice—pointing the reader to re-envision what it means to educate children (and to prepare teachers for this role) by developing the person, instead of simply knowledge and skills...

Offering conceptual and pragmatic frameworks to limit political influence on schooling, the author proposes a new hermeneutical structure that restores education’s agency and separates it from external social forces, and provides the foundation for regarding K-12 education as a sovereign social sphe..