The Curriculum and the Child

The Selected Works of John White

By John White

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....

Published September 15th 2005 by Routledge.

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The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the Philosophy of Education

Edited by Wilfred Carr

This Reader brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in philosophy of education today. Focusing on the...

Published March 24th 2005 by Routledge.

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Understanding Mass Higher Education

Comparative Perspectives on Access

Edited by David Palfreyman, TED TAPPER

In recent years most western democracies have experienced a shift from elite to mass higher education, with the United States leading the way. This text...

Published November 11th 2004 by Routledge.

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Philosophy and Educational Policy

A Critical Introduction

By John Gingell, Christopher Winch

What are the concepts and theories behind current debates about education?
This comprehensive introduction to philosophy of education discusses issues that are of current public interest...

Published October 14th 2004 by Routledge.

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Religion, Education and Post-Modernity

By Andrew Wright

This book, the first to explore religious education and post-modernity in depth, sets out to provide a much needed examination of the problems and possibilities...

Published October 23rd 2003 by Routledge.

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Spirituality, Philosophy and Education

Edited by David Carr, John Haldane

The possibilities and importance of a spiritual dimension to education are subjects receiving increased consideration from educational practitioners, policymakers and philosophers. Spirituality, Philosophy and Education...

Published September 11th 2003 by Routledge.

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The Passion to Learn

An Inquiry into Autodidactism

Edited by Joan Solomon

This is the first book to provide a detailed overview and analysis of autodidactism, or self-education. Autodidacts' strong preference for teaching themselves is likely to...

Published August 28th 2003 by Routledge.

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Against the Flow

Education, the Art and Postmodern Culture

By Peter Abbs

At once provocative and inspiring, Against the Flow is a work of polemic from an internationally respected writer and thinker on arts education. Peter Abbs...

Published June 5th 2003 by Routledge.

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Education with Character

By James Arthur

The establishment of citizenship education as a compulsory subject has recently been accompanied by the government's policy of 'promoting education with character.' Schools are identified...

Published November 28th 2002 by Routledge.

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Making Sense of Education

An Introduction to the Philosophy and Theory of Education and Teaching

By David Carr

Making Sense of Education provides a contemporary introduction to the key issues in educational philosophy and theory. Exploring major past and present conceptions of education,...

Published September 12th 2002 by Routledge.

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