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60Dealing “competently with the serious issues of the day”: How Dewey (and popper) failedEducational Theory 62 (2): 125-142. 2012.In Reconstruction in Philosophy, John Dewey issued an eloquent call for contemporary philosophy to become more relevant to the pressing problems facing society. Historically, the philosophy of a period had been appropriate to social conditions, but despite the vast changes in the contemporary world and the complex challenges confronting it philosophy had remained ossified. Karl Popper also was dissatisfied with contemporary philosophy, which he regarded as too often focusing upon “minute” proble…Read more
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49The contested nature of empirical educational research (and why philosophy of education offers little help)Journal of Philosophy of Education 39 (4). 2005.This paper suggests that empirical educational research has not, on the whole, been treated well by philosophers of education. A variety of criticisms have been offered, ranging from triviality, conceptual confusion and the impossibility of empirically studying normative processes. Furthermore, many of those who criticise, or dismiss, empirical research do so without subjecting any specific examples to careful scholarly scrutiny. It is suggested that both philosophy of education, and the empiric…Read more
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45The Enduring Nature of the Tripartite System of Secondary Schooling in Germany: Some ExplanationsBritish Journal of Educational Studies 48 (4): 391-412. 2000.This paper suggests explanations for the enduring nature of the tripartite system of secondary education in Germany and the failure to develop the comprehensive school (Gesamtschule) over a long period.
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44(RE)Inventing Scheffler, or, Defending Objective Educational ResearchStudies in Philosophy and Education 16 (1/2): 149-158. 1997.Israel Scheffler's book Science and Subjectivity (1967) was prescient: His criticisms of attacks on the traditional notions of objectivity and truth that underlie modern science are still relevant nearly thirty years later, when postmodernism and some varieties of feminist epistemology are winning many adherents. Two aspects of Scheffler's book are singled out for discussion â his philosophical style, which is marked by careful, well-developed, and detailed argument (in contrast to many contem…Read more
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39Directive Teaching, Indoctrination, and the Values Education of ChildrenSocial Theory and Practice 15 (3): 339-353. 1989.
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37The state of the artJournal of Philosophy of Education 39 (1). 2005.The Blackwell Companion and Blackwell Guide to the philosophy of education, edited respectively by Randall Curren and by Nigel Blake, Paul Smeyers, Richard Smith and Paul Standish, are potentially field-defining volumes. The present essay moves back and forth between the two books to assess the overall impression they provide of the ‘state of the art’. Whilst both texts can be criticised for failing to engage sufficiently with non-philosophical work on education, these are otherwise estimable vo…Read more
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25John Dewey's Philosophy and His Writings on EducationEducational Philosophy and Theory 2 (2): 47-56. 1970.
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13Collective obituary for Nel NoddingsEducational Philosophy and Theory 55 (4): 406-417. 2023.Liz JacksonEducation University of Hong KongNel Noddings is known around the world for her contributions to philosophy and philosophy of education. Her work on caring and relational ethics broke ne...
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12Periodisation in historical approaches to comparative education: Some considerations from the examples of Germany and England and WalesBritish Journal of Educational Studies 42 (3): 261-272. 1994.This paper examines some of the problems of periodisation that arise in attempts to compare historical developments in the education systems of two or more countries.
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10The Social Scientist's Bestiary. A Guide to Fabled Threats to, and Defences of, Naturalistic Social ScienceBritish Journal of Educational Studies 42 (3): 319. 1994.
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9The Distinguishing Features of Forms of KnowledgeEducational Philosophy and Theory 3 (2): 27-35. 1971.
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7A companion to John Dewey's Democracy and educationUniversity of Chicago Press. 2016.Education as a necessity of life -- Education as a social function -- Education as direction -- Education as growth -- Preparation, unfolding, and formal discipline -- Education as conservative and progressive -- The democratic conception in education -- Aims in education -- Natural development and social efficiency as aims -- Interest and discipline -- Experience and thinking -- Thinking in education -- The nature of method -- The nature of subject matter -- Play and work in the curriculum -- T…Read more
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6Perfect Paperbount Trim: 6 X 9 Text throught No halftones, No bleeds Update Print/Year line to read for year 2001, 6th printing.
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6Postpositivism and Educational ResearchBritish Journal of Educational Studies 49 (1): 109-111. 2001.
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3Lessons from Germany? ‐ The case of German secondary schoolsBritish Journal of Educational Studies 35 (3): 211-232. 1987.
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3Encyclopedia of educational theory and philosophy (edited book)SAGE Reference. 2014.Introduces students to theories that have stood the test of time and those that have provided the historical foundation for the best of contemporary educational theory and practice.