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23Education and Social Change: Connecting Local and Global Perspectives. Edited by Geoffrey Elliott, Chahid Fourali and Sally Issler: Pp. 336. New York: Continuum International Publishing. 2010.£ 80 (hbk). ISBN 978-0-8264-4409-7 (review)British Journal of Educational Studies 59 (4): 497-498. 2011.
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22Nussbaum’s Concept of Cosmopolitanism: Practical Possibility or Academic Delusion?Paideusis: Journal of the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society 15 (2): 51-60. 2006.In this paper, we explore Martha Nussbaum’s version of cosmopolitanism and evaluate its potential to reduce the growing global discord we currently confront. We begin the paper by elucidating the concept of cosmopolitanism in historical and contemporary terms, and then review some of the major criticisms of Nussbaum’s position. Finally, we suggest that Nussbaum’s vision of cosmopolitanism, in spite of its morally noble intentions, faces overwhelming philosophical and practical difficulties that …Read more
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16Education and Social Change: Connecting Local and Global Perspectives. Edited by Geoffrey Elliott, Chahid Fourali and Sally IsslerBritish Journal of Educational Studies 59 (4): 497-498. 2011.
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7The Failure of Critical Thinking: Considering Virtue Epistemology as a Pedagogical AlternativePhilosophy of Education 59 319-326. 2003.
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7This book addresses a critically important question regarding human capital learning in our present neo-liberal schooling context: How can contemporary career education programs be integrated into public school curricula without impacting negatively on the liberal learning, intellectual autonomy, and democratic citizenship of students? Using Aristotelian and Deweyan approaches to career education, this new work argues for a new approach to vocational education that is both liberal and democratic…Read more
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5The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of FearPaideusis: Journal of the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society 15 (1): 113-115. 2006.
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2A Response to "Advantage New Brunswick: A Province Reaches to Fulfill Its Destiny", a Report by the Commission on Post–Secondary Education in New BrunswickPaideusis: Journal of the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society 16 (3): 101-104. 2007.
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1Proletariat Labor or Praxis? Philosophy of Education in a Neo-Liberal OrderPhilosophy of Education 60 154-162. 2004.
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1Character Development in Career Education: A Virtue Ethics ApproachPhilosophy of Education 58 163-171. 2002.
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1Philosophy of Education and the Contested Nature of Empirical Research: A Rejoinder to D.C. PhillipsPhilosophy of Education 63 310-318. 2007.