Philosophy and Education: An Introduction to Key Questions and Themes

ISBN-13: 9780415536189 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 164 str.

Joanna Haynes; Ken Gale; Mel Parker

Opis

Written specifically for education studies students, this accessible text offers a clear introduction to philosophy of education. It skilfully guides readers through this challenging and sometimes complex area bringing key philosophical ideas and questions to life in the context and practice of education. Considering the implications of educational trends and movements through a variety of philosophical lenses such as Marxism, feminism, ethics and democracy, the book explores enduring themes in philosophy of education. Features include: individual tasks and group activities to promote discussion case studies notes boxes to highlight further reading; chapter overviews and summaries Drawing on readers' own experiences of education, the book reveals the connections between philosophical ideas and educational policy and practice. Part of the Foundations in Education Studies series, this timely textbook is essential reading for students coming to the study of philosophy of education for the first time.

Spis treści

Chapter One: Enduring Messages from Utopias (Melanie Parker) Chapter Two: Structures of Education and Society: Karl Marx and Marxism (Melanie Parker) Chapter Three: Critical and Revolutionary Pedagogies for Today’s Education and Society (Melanie Parker) Chapter Four: Being in Education: Phenomenology, Existentialism and Education (Ken Gale) Chapter Five: Foucault and the Construction of Knowledge, Meaning, Identity and Practices (Ken Gale) Chapter Six: Deleuze: the Pedagogic Potential of Always Creating Concepts (Ken Gale) Chapter Seven: Feminisms, Philosophy and Education (Ken Gale) Chapter Eight: Moral Reasoning, Ethics and Education (Joanna Haynes) Chapter Nine: Experience, Education and Democracy: the Work of John Dewey (Joanna Haynes)  Chapter Ten: Philosophy’s Children (Joanna Haynes) Chapter Eleven: Critical Thinking, Dialogue and Communities of Enquiry (Joanna Haynes) Chapter Twelve: Philosophical Approaches to Researching Education Practices (Ken Gale with Joanna Haynes)