The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the Philosophy of Education (RoutledgeFalmer Readers in Education)

This Reader 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 field and includes crucial topics. With an emphasis on contemporary pieces that deal with issues relevant to the immediate real world, 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. Students of philosophy and philosophy of education will find this Reader an important route map to further reading and understanding. Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: what is the philosophy of education? • Wilfred Carr Part I: Philosophy and education 1 Philosophy and educational policy: possibilities, tensions and tasks • Terence H. McLaughlin 2 Philosophy and education • Wilfred Carr 3 Feminism, epistemology and education • Shirley Pendlebury Part II: The aims of education 4 Autonomy as an educational aim • Christopher Winch 5 Self-determination as an educational aim • James C. Walker 6 The politics of identity and the epiphanies of learning • Pádraig Hogan 7 Education, the market and the nature of personal well-being • John White Part III: Politics and education 8 Liberal values and liberal education • J. Mark Halstead 9 The politics of difference and common education • Eamonn Callan 10 Rethinking democracy and education: towards an education of deliberative citizens • Tomas Englund Part IV: Educational policy 11 What's the good of education? • Joseph Dunne 12 Imagining futures: the public school and possibility • Maxine Greene 13 The limits of aesthetic separatism: literary education and Michael Oakeshott’s philosophy of art • Kevin Williams 14 Inclusion vs fairness • Robin Barrow Part V: The moral dimensions of teaching 15 Education as a moral practice • Richard Pring 16 Paths of judgement: the revival of practical wisdom • Richard Smith 17 Moral language and pedagogical experience • Max van Manen 18 Ethics before equality: moral education after Levinas • Paul Standish Provides a comprehensive selection of chapters and articles for those studying the Philiosophy of Education, with a new Introduction from the editor