The Journal of Philosophy of Education Book Series
The Journal of Philosophy of Education Book Series publishes titles that represent a wide variety of philosophical traditions. They vary from examination of fundamental philosophical issues in their connection with education, to detailed critical engagement with current educational practice or policy from a philosophical point of view. Books in this series promote rigorous thinking on educational matters and identify and criticise the ideological forces shaping education. Titles in the series include: Educational Explanations: Philosophy in Empirical Educational Research Christopher Winch Education and Expertise Edited by Mark Addis and Christopher Winch Teachers’ Know-How: A Philosophical Investigation Christopher Winch Citizenship for the Learning Society: Europe, Subjectivity, and Educational Research Naomi Hodgson Philosophy East/West: Exploring Intersections between Educational and Contemplative PracticesEdited by Oren Ergas and Sharon Todd The Ways We Think: From the Straits of Reason to the Possibilities of ThoughtEmma Williams Philosophical Perspectives on Teacher EducationEdited by Ruth Heilbronn and Lorraine Foreman-Peck Re-Imagining Relationships in Education: Ethics, Politics and PracticesEdited by Morwenna Griffiths, Marit Honerød Hoveid, Sharon Todd and Christine Winter Vygotsky: Philosophy and EducationJan Derry Education and the Growth of Knowledge: Perspectives from Social and Virtue EpistemologyEdited by Ben Kotzee Education Policy: Philosophical CritiqueEdited by Richard Smith Levinas, Subjectivity, Education: Towards an Ethics of Radical ResponsibilityAnna Strhan Philosophy for Children in Transition: Problems and ProspectsEdited by Nancy Vansieleghem and David Kennedy The Good Life of Teaching: An Ethics of Professional PracticeChris Higgins Reading R. S. Peters Today: Analysis, Ethics, and the Aims of EducationEdited by Stefaan E. Cuypers and Christopher Martin The Formation of ReasonDavid Bakhurst What Do Philosophers of Education Do?: (And How Do They Do It?)Edited by Claudia Ruitenberg Evidence-Based Education Policy: What Evidence? What Basis? Whose Policy?Edited by David Bridges, Paul Smeyers and Richard Smith New Philosophies of LearningEdited by Ruth Cigman and Andrew Davis The Common School and the Comprehensive Ideal: A Defence by Richard Pring with Complementary EssaysEdited by Mark Halstead and Graham Haydon Philosophy, Methodology and Educational ResearchEdited by David Bridges and Richard D. Smith Philosophy of the TeacherNigel Tubbs Conformism and Critique in Liberal SocietyEdited by Frieda Heyting and Christopher Winch Retrieving Nature: Education for a Post-Humanist AgeMichael Bonnett Education and Practice: Upholding the Integrity of Teaching and LearningEdited by Joseph Dunne and Pádraig Hogan Educating Humanity: Bildung in PostmodernityEdited by Lars Lovlie, Klaus Peter Mortensen and Sven Erik Nordenbo The Ethics of Educational ResearchEdited by Michael McNamee and David Bridges In Defence of High CultureJohn Gingell and Ed Brandon Enquiries at the Interface: Philosophical Problems of On-Line EducationEdited by Paul Standish and Nigel Blake The Limits of Educational AssessmentAndrew Davis Illusory Freedoms: Liberalism, Education and the MarketEdited by Ruth Jonathan Quality and EducationChristopher Winch Educational Explanations Philosophy in Empirical Educational Research
Christopher Winch
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