The Curriculum and the Child: The Selected Works of John White

ISBN-13: 9780415356633 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 240 str.

John White

Opis

John White has spent the last thirty-five years researching, teaching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in philosophy of education. He has contributed over thirty books and 140 articles to the field. In this book he brings together sixteen of his key writings in one place for the first time. Starting with a specially written introduction, John White gives an overview of his career and contextualises his selection within the development of the field. The chapters cover:

• mind
• state and curriculum
• well-being
• politics
• curriculum subjects.

This important text not only shows how John White s thinking developed during his long and distinguished career, it also gives an insight into the development of the fields to which he contributed."

O autorze

John White recently retired as Professor of Philosophy of Education from the Institute of Education, UK. He has been researching and writing about education for over 35 years and is internationally renown for his work in the field.