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12On ‘The Myth of the Learning Society’British Journal of Educational Studies 45 (2): 141-155. 1997.A recent critique by Hughes and Tight argued that the 'Learning Society 'and related notions of productivity and change are 'myths'. In response, it is argued here that myth should not be confused with ideological distortion. The rhetorical dimension of current initiatives is a necessary feature of theoretical formulation, intended to influence public discussion and policy-making. The concepts of productivity and change are reconsidered in a wider historical dimension and the communitarian aspec…Read more
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142Review Symposium: Leaders and Leadership in Education (review)Educational Management and Administration 30 327-350. 2002.
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8Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing: Perspectives From Political Philosophy (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2016.Is economic liberty necessary for individuals to lead truly flourishing lives? Whether your immediate answer is yes or no, this question is deceptively simple. What do we mean by liberty? What constitutes the flourishing life? How are these related? How is economic liberty related to other goods that affect human flourishing? To answer these questions—and more—this volume brings to bear some of history’s greatest thinkers, interpreted by some of today’s leading scholars of their thought.
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20Autonomy, schools and the constitutive role of community: Towards a new moral and political order for educationBritish Journal of Educational Studies 43 (1): 4-20. 1995.Abstract:The moral and political implications of new forms of organisation and resource allocation in education are explored. Markets, even when heavily regulated and administered, induce effects contrary to the values of individual and social freedom upon which public education is understood to be founded. Their ‘efficiency’ as allocative and distributive mechanisms is questioned and examined specifically in relation to the formative and constitutive role of community life in conferring identit…Read more
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12Towards an Economy of Lifelong Learning: Reconceptualising Relations Between Learning and LifeBritish Journal of Educational Studies 46 (3): 264-277. 1998.Lifelong learning should embrace more than instrumental purposes. Some late modern social formations threaten individual autonomy, subordinating the needs of 'agent' in a 'locality' to universalising rationality, necessary for growth in a globalized and virtualised economy. These phenomena are discussed and illustrated. Learning, now an 'economic' activity, could bind individuals in heteronymously defined lifeworlds. Prerequisites of an alternative conceptualisation are examined.
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23Autonomy, Schools and the Constitutive Role of Community: Towards a New Moral and Political Order for EducationBritish Journal of Educational Studies 43 (1): 4-20. 1995.The moral and political implications of new forms of organisation and resource allocation in education are explored. Markets, even when heavily regulated and administered, induce effects contrary to the values of individual and social freedom upon which public education is understood to be founded. Their 'efficiency' as allocative and distributive mechanisms is questioned and examined specifically in relation to the formative and constitutive role of community life in conferring identity and aut…Read more
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