For education : towards critical educational inquiry

Author(s)

• Carr, Wilfred

Bibliographic Information

For education : towards critical educational inquiry

Wilfred Carr

Open University Press, 1995

• : hdk.
• : pbk.

Note

Papers previously published in various journals between 1980 and 1989

Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-143) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780335191864

Description

A recent review of his work describes Wilfred Carr as 'one of the most brilliant philosophers now working in the rich British tradition of educational philosophy ... His work is rigorous, refreshing and original ... and examines a number of fundamental issues with clarity and penetration'. In For Education Wilfred Carr provides a comprehensive justification for reconstructing educational theory and research as a form of critical inquiry. In doing this, he confronts a number of important philosophical questions. What is educational theory? What is an educational practice? How are theory and practice related? What is the role of values in educational research? Is a genuinely educational science possible? By appealing to developments in critical theory, the philosophy of science and the philosophy of the social sciences, Wilfred Carr provides answers to these questions which vindicate the idea of an educational science that is not 'on' or 'about' education but 'for education' - a science genuinely committed to promoting educational values and ideals.

Table of Contents

Prologue by Stephen Kemmis Introduction: Becoming an Educational Philosopher PART ONE. THEORIZING EDUCATION: The Gap between Theory and Practice Theories of Theory and Practice Adopting an Educational Philosophy What is an Educational Practice? PART TWO. TOWARDS A CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE: Can Educational Research be Scientific? Philosophy, Values and an Educational Science Whatever Happened to Action Research? The Idea of an Educational Science Epilogue: Resisting the Postmodernist Challenge Notes and References Bibliography Index.

Volume

: hdk. ISBN 9780335191871

Description

In this text, Wilfred Carr provides a comprehensive justification for reconstructing educational theory and research as a form of critical inquiry. In doing this, he confronts a number of important philosophical questions: What is educational theory? What is an educational practice? How are theory and practice related? What is the role of values in educational research? Is a genuinely educational science possible? By appealing to developments in critical theory, the philosophy of science and the philosophy of the social sciences, Wilfred Carr provides answers to these questions which vindicate the idea of an educational science that is not "on" or "about" education but "for education" - a science genuinely committed to promoting educational values and ideals.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 Theorizing education: the gap between theory and practice
• theories of theory and practice
• adopting an educational philosophy
• what is an educational practice? Part 2 Towards a critical educational science: can educational research be scientific?
• philosophy, values and an educational science
• whatever happened to action research?
• the idea of an educational science
• epilogue - resisting the postmodernist challenge.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA25108532
• ISBN:
  • 0335191878
  • 033519186X
• LCCN: 94022209
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Buckingham [England] ; Bristol, PA
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 145 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LB1028
  • DC20 : 370/.78
  • NDC8 : 371.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Education -- Research
  • LCSH : Education -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Critical theory
  • LCSH : Critical pedagogy
  • LCSH : Action research in education