Richard Bailey & David Carr 
The SAGE Handbook of Philosophy of Education 

This book provides an authoritative, yet accessible guide to the Philosophy of Education, its scope, its key thinkers and movements, and its potential contribution to a range of educational concerns. The text offers a balanced view of three key dimensions: first, in giving an equal weight to different styles and modes of philosophy; second, by including past and present perspectives on philosophy of education; and third, in covering both the general ‘perennial’ issues in philosophy and issues of more contemporary concern.

Section one of the book exemplifies different styles of philosophy, paying attention to the contemporary debates as to the nature, possibilities and limitations of these different approaches to philosophy of education. Section two is devoted to particular thinkers of the past, and more general coverage of the history of philosophy of education. Section three is dedicated to contemporary philosophic thought on education, providing the basis and reference point for an exploration of contemporary issues.

The handbook is designed primarily to be useful to students studying the field of philosophy of education, in the context of the study of educational foundations or theory. But it is also designed to be of use to practising teachers who wish to gain easy access to current philosophical thinking on particular contemporary educational issues, and to educationalists of all types who want a succinct guide to questions relating to the nature, the history, and the current state of the art of philosophy of education.

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PART ONE: EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY

What Is Philosophy of Education? – D C Phillips

Schools of Thought in Philosophy of Education – Robin Barrow

The Philosophy of Education and Educational Theory – David Carr

The Philosophy of Education and Educational Practice – Richard Pring

PART TWO: SOME KEY HISTORICAL FIGURES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

Plato and Education – Ieuan Williams

Rousseau′s
Émile and Educational Legacy – Jack Martin and Nathan Martin

John Dewey and Educational Pragmatism – James Scott Johnston

T S Eliot, Education and Culture – Andrew Reid

R S Peters, Liberal Traditionalist – M A B Degenhart

Post-Structuralism, Postmodernism and Education – Richard Smith

Feminism and Education – Cris Mayo and Barbara Stengel

Education and the Catholic Tradition – Kevin Williams

Gazetteer of Educational Thinkers – Compiled by Robert Manery

PART THREE: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE

The Pofessional Status of Teaching – Timothy Reagan

Teaching and Pedagogy – David T Hansen and Megan J Laverty

The Wider Ethical Dimensions of Education and Teaching – Hugh Sockett

Moral and Citizenship Education – J Mark Halstead

Indoctrination – Richard Bailey

Knowledge and Truth – Harvey Siegel

The Value of Knowledge – Brenda Almond

Concepts of Mind – Christine Mc Carthy

Learning – Andrew Davis

Motivation and Learning – Frederick S Ellett Jr and David P Erickson

Transferable Skills – Stephen Johnson

Educational Assessment – John Halliday

Inclusion and Diversity – Penny Enslin and Nicki Hedge

Equality and Justice – Claudia Ruitenberg and Daniel Vokey

Individual and Community Aims in Education – John P Portelli and Francine Menashy

Art and Aesthetics in Education – Constantin Koopman

Religious Education – James C Conroy and Robert A Davis

Physical Education – Mike Mc Namee and Richard Bailey

Philosophical Questions about Learning Technologies – Craig A Cunningham and Briana L Allen

Personal and Social Education – Graham Haydon

Education and the Environment – Michael Bonnett

عن المؤلف

My research is primarily in the areas of epistemology and moral philosophy.  Particular areas of interest include:  educational theory, humanities, the problematic nature of empirical inquiry into human activity, and the role of higher education.