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    John White is one of the leading philosophers of education currently working in the Anglophone world. Since first joining the London Institute of Education in 1965, he has made significant contributions to the landscape of the discipline through his teaching, research and numerous publications. His academic work encompasses a broad range of rich philosophical issues, ranging from questions surrounding the child's mind, through the moral and pedagogical obligations of teachers and schools, to loc…Read more
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    Moral sensitivity: The central question of moral education
    Journal of Philosophy of Education 56 (2): 342-355. 2022.
    Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 342-355, April 2022.
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    What's Wrong with Private Schools
    Journal of Philosophy of Education 52 (1): 19-35. 2018.
    The aim of this article is to demonstrate the respects in which private schools are unfair, and why they pose a threat to the well-being of not only those who are excluded on financial grounds, but to democratic equality and social cohesion in general. The shortcomings associated with relying on a form of educational provision that is merely ‘adequate’ are rendered explicit, and the article concludes with a consideration of a variety of measures that might go some way towards nullifying the harm…Read more
  •  58
    Art, knowledge and moral understanding
    Ethics and Education 12 (2): 243-258. 2017.
    The Platonic view that art is incapable of providing us with knowledge is sufficiently widely held as to merit a serious attempt at refutation. Once it is acknowledged that there are alternative forms of knowledge other than propositional, then it is possible to establish the truth of the claim that the knowledge which art affords has a value on a par with that provided by other disciplines. Art, it is argued, has a unique potential to provide imaginative insights by reference to which we may un…Read more
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    Parents' Rights and Educational Provision
    Studies in Philosophy and Education 33 (1): 23-39. 2013.
    Legitimate parental interests need to be distinguished from any putative rights parents qua parents may be said to possess. Parents have no right to insulate their children from conceptions of the good at variance with those of their own. Claims to the right to faith schools, private schools, home-schooling or to withdraw a child from any aspect of the curriculum designed to enhance a child’s capacity for autonomous decision-making, are refuted
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    Faith Schools: Consensus or Conflict? Edited by Roy Gardner, Jo Cairns and Denis Lawton
    British Journal of Educational Studies 54 (2): 249-251. 2006.
    No abstract
  • The Aims of Education
    British Journal of Educational Studies 48 (4): 459-460. 2000.
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    Democracy, philosophy and the formation of public policy for schools
    Journal of Philosophy of Education 40 (1). 2006.
    This review essay provides a critical assessment of Christopher Winch and John Gingell's Philosophy & Educational Policy: A Critical Introduction. This book presents a powerful and stimulating challenge to conventional and sloppy thinking about a wide range of issues confronting anyone who is seriously concerned with schooling in the 21st century. While each chapter merits an essay in response, this article can merely highlight the virtues of the book as well as the respects in which a number of…Read more
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    Is religious education possible?
    Journal of Philosophy of Education 12 (1). 1978.
    Roger Marples; Is Religious Education Possible?, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 12, Issue 1, 30 May 2006, Pages 81–91, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.146.
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    The aims of education (edited book)
    Routledge. 1999.
    In this volume, international philosophers of education explore and question diverse strains of the liberal tradition, discussing autonomy and other key issues including social justice, national identity, curriculum, critical thinking and social practices.
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    Democracy, Philosophy and the Formation of Public Policy for Schools
    Journal of Philosophy of Education 40 (1): 115-124. 2006.
    This review essay provides a critical assessment of Christopher Winch and John Gingell’s Philosophy & Educational Policy: A Critical Introduction. This book presents a powerful and stimulating challenge to conventional and sloppy thinking about a wide range of issues confronting anyone who is seriously concerned with schooling in the 21st century. While each chapter merits an essay in response, this article can merely highlight the virtues of the book as well as the respects in which a number of…Read more
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    Is Religious Education Possible?
    Journal of Philosophy of Education 12 (1): 81-91. 1978.
    Roger Marples; Is Religious Education Possible?, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 12, Issue 1, 30 May 2006, Pages 81–91, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.146.
  • Education and well-being: beyond desire satisfaction
    Philosophy of Education: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. forthcoming.