A Companion to the Philosophy of Education is a comprehensive guide to philosophical thinking about education.

• Offers a state-of-the-art account of current and controversial issues in education, including issues pertaining to multiculturalism, special education, sex education, and academic freedom.
  
• Written by an international team of leading experts, who are directly engaged with these profound and complex educational problems.
  
• Serves as an indispensable guide to the field of philosophy of education.

The book concludes that Aristotle's views yield a compelling argument for the claim that public supervision of education is a necessary condition for a just society. It examines the implications and limitations of that argument, including particularly the form and substance of the educational equality which it demands. Contrasting it with other recent arguments for educational equality, I conclude that it provides the most decisive argument for educational equality available, but also that it does not establish a legitimate basis for a state monopoly on the provision of schooling, and for...

Philosophy of Education: An Anthology brings together the essential historical and contemporary readings in the philosophy of education.

• The readings have been selected for their philosophical merit, their focus on important aspects of educational practice and their readability.
  
• Includes classic pieces by Plato, Aristotle, Isocrates, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, and Dewey.
  
• Addresses topical issues such as teacher professionalism and accountability, the commercialization of schooling, multicultural education, and parental...