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| ISBN-13: | 9781847060198 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication date: | 05/04/2010 |
| Pages: | 200 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction Richard Bailey 1
1 What Is the Philosophy of Education? Paul Standish 4
What is philosophy? What is education? 5
Writing philosophy of education 10
The standard pattern (perhaps) 10
Different types of philosophical thesis 12
Some worked examples 15
Conclusion: the practical importance of philosophy 18
Further reading 19
2 Does Education Need Philosophy? Richard Pring 21
Introduction 21
Recent history of philosophy in educational studies 22
Nuffield Review 24
Doing philosophy 26
Educational aims 28
Culture and community 29
Learning and teaching 30
Provision 32
Conclusion 32
Further reading 33
Useful website 34
3 What Is Education For? Roger Marples 35
Introduction 35
What is 'education' and must an educator have an aim? 36
Knowledge for its own sake 38
Education for work 39
Education for well-being 42
Further reading 46
4 What Should Go on the Curriculum? Michael Hand 48
Introduction 48
What could go on the curriculum? 49
The academic curriculum 51
The vocational curriculum 54
The virtue-based curriculum 57
Conclusion 59
Further reading 59
5 Can We Teach Ethics? James C. Conroy 60
Introduction: to do and to be 60
A lack of agreement on what is good 61
Historical changes in moral thinking 64
Further reading 72
Useful websites 73
6 Do Children Have Any Rights? Harry Brighouse Paula McAvoy 74
Introduction 74
The choice theory of rights 75
The interest theory 76
Why might children not have rights? 78
Children's interests 81
Conclusion: so, do children have rights? 83
Further reading 84
Useful websites 85
7 Can Schools Make Good Citizens? Tristan McCowan 86
Introduction 86
What is a citizen? 87
Conceptions of citizenship 87
Making citizens 91
Sites of citizen learning 93
Conclusion 97
Further reading 97
Useful websites 98
8 Should the State Control Education? Judith Suissa 99
Introduction 99
The argument from autonomy 102
Parents and communities versus the state 103
Marketizing education 107
Challenging the state 109
The Escuela Moderna, 1904-1907 110
Marxist positions 111
Conclusion 112
Further reading 112
9 Educational Opportunities - Who Shall We Leave Out? Carrie Winstanley 113
Introduction 113
Educational opportunity 114
Equality of resources 116
Equality of outcome 116
Equality of opportunity 117
What is meritocracy? 118
Desert and merit - who deserves provision? 118
Who would you reward? 119
Is it acceptable to be inegalitarian? 120
Are you elitist? 120
Inclusion and the field of 'special education' 121
The nature of difference 122
Conclusion 123
Further reading 123
Useful websites 124
10 Should Parents Have a Say in Their Children's Schooling? Dianne Gereluk 125
Introduction 125
Arguments in favour of parental rights 126
Arguments against parental rights 130
Conclusion 135
Further reading 135
11 What's Wrong with Indoctrination and Brainwashing? Richard Bailey 136
Introduction 136
The problem of indoctrination 138
Demarcating indoctrination 140
The apparent inevitability of indoctrination 143
Conclusion: so, what's wrong with indoctrination? 145
Further reading 145
Useful websites 145
Reading the Philosophy of Education John Gingell 147
Introduction 147
Further reading 157
Useful website 157
13 Writing the Philosophy of Education Richard Smith 158
Plato and dialogue 159
Talking philosophy 161
Philosophy and literature 163
Further reading 166
References 167
Useful Websites 175
Index 17