Philosophy of education : aims, theory, common sense and research
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Bibliographic Information
Philosophy of education : aims, theory, common sense and research
（Continuum studies in education）
Continuum, 2005
- : pbk
Available at 13 libraries
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Library of Education, National Institute for Educational Policy Research
: pbk370.1||458062100438
Note
"This paperback edition published 2005" -- t.p. verso
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book for the first time brings together Professor Prings thoughts on the philosophy of education and is his first global treatment of the subject. His writings reflect a consistency of thought about educational theory and educational aims and the consequence of both for the nature and practice of educational research. Professor Pring draws together the different themes, providing a distinctively philosophical perspective on educational theory and practice. This perspective challenges many of the ideas, which underpin government policy, impoverish educational practice and weaken educational research in a way unacknowledged even by the researchs most ardent critics.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1 - Aims, Values and Standards
- 1. Education as a Moral Practice
- 2. Educating Persons
- 3. The Aim of Education: Liberal or Vocational?
- 4. The Context of Education: Monastery or Market Place?
- 5. Subject-centred Versus Child-centred Education - a False Dualism
- 6. Standards and Quality in Education
- 7. Faith Schools: Can they be Justified?
- Part 2 - Philosophy, Common Sense and Educational Theory
- 8. The Language of Curriculum Analysis
- 9. Common Sense and Education
- 10. Philosophy of Education and Educational Practice
- Part 3 - Educational Research
- 11. Evidence Based Policy and Practice
- 12. Truth, Knowledge and Power
- 13. Knowledge out of Control
- 14. The 'False Dualism' of Educational Research
- 15. The Virtues of an Educational Researcher
- 16. The Future of Educational Research
- Conclusion.
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