New Perspectives in Philosophy of Education Ethics, Politics and Religion

by Lewin, David; Guilherme, Alexandre; White, Morgan

• ISBN13: 9781472513403
• ISBN10: 1472513401
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-12-18
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

New Perspectives in Philosophy of Education seeks to build a bridge between philosophical reflection and socio-political action by developing a range of critical discussions in the areas of ethics, politics and religion. This volume brings together established authorities and a new generation of scholars to ask whether philosophy of education can contribute to political and social discourse, or whether it is destined to remain the marginal gadfly of mainstream ideology.

The philosophy of education stands in danger of becoming a neglected field at precisely the moment we need to be able to reflect upon the increasingly apparent costs of the technocratic attitude to education. While many of the educational policy discussions of recent years seem far-reaching and radical, critical debate surrounding these initiatives remain largely at a populist level. New Perspectives in Philosophy of Education provides contemporary responses to philosophical issues that bear upon educational studies, policies and practices, contributing to the debate on the role of philosophy of education in an increasingly fractured intellectual milieu.

Author Biography

David Lewin is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education at Liverpool University, UK, where he is co-director of Education Studies and director of the Philosophy of Education Special Interest Group.

Alex Guilherme is Lecturer in Education at Liverpool Hope University, UK, where he directs the Centre for International Development Education.

Morgan White is a Lecturer in Education at Liverpool Hope University, UK where he is co-director of Education Studies and co-founder of the Philosophy of Education Special Interest Group.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Alex Guilherme (Liverpool Hope University, UK), David Lewin (Liverpool Hope University, UK), and Morgan White (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
Prelude
1. What's the Use of Philosophy of Education?, Paul Standish (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
Part I: Ethics
2. Technology, Education, and Erosion of Judgement, David Lewin (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
3. Utopianism of the Present: Towards an Anarchist Philosophy of Education, Judith Suissa (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
4. The Personal in Moral Education, Adrian Skilbeck (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
5. Maitre Corbeau: Rousseau's Hermeneutical Insights into the Edifying Value of Fable, David Aldridge (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Part II: Politics
6. Higher Education and Citizen Formation: what's wrong with conceiving education as a private good? Morgan White (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
7. Philosophy in Practice: The Interpretive Tradition and its Legacy, Jon Nixon (Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong)
8. The University: A Space for Different Forms of Reason, Richard Smith (Durham University, UK)
9. Measuring and the Meaning of Learning. David Lundie (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
Part III: Religion
10. Buber, Religion, and Inclusion, Alex Guilherme (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
11. Accepting the Middle Ground: A Philosophical Assessment of Spiritual Education, Ruth Wills (University of Winchester, UK)
12. Theology as Partner for Educators, John Sullivan (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
13. ‘Je reste (I stay): Essential Features of a Catholic Philosophy of Education, David Torevell (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
Index