This book provides an authoritative, yet accessible guide to the philosophy of education, its scope, its key thinkers and movements, and its potential contribution to a range of educational concerns. The text offers a balanced view of three key dimensions: first, in giving an equal weight to different styles and modes of philosophy; second, by including past and present perspectives on philosophy of education; and third, in covering both the general "perennial" issues in philosophy and issues of more contemporary concern.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Preface
• Section I Educational Philosophy and Theory
• Chapter 1 What is Philosophy of Education? - D.C. Phillips
• Chapter 2 Schools of Thought in Philosophy of Education - Robin Barrow
• Chapter 3 The Philosophy of Education and Educational Theory - David Carr
• Chapter 4 The Philosophy of Education and Educational Practice - Richard Pring
• Section II Some Key Historical Figures in the Philosophy of Education
• Chapter 5 Plato and Education - Ieuan Williams
• Chapter 6 Rousseau's ‘Émile’ and Educational LegacyJack Martin and Nathan Martin
• Chapter 7 John Dewey and Educational Pragmatism - James Scott Johnston
• Chapter 8 T.S. Eliot, Education and Culture - Andrew Reid
• Chapter 9 R.S. Peters: Liberal Traditionalist - M.A.B. Degenhardt
• Chapter 10 Poststructuralism, Postmodernism and Education - Richard Smith
• Chapter 11 Feminism and Education - Cris Mayo and Barbara Stengel
• Chapter 12 Education and the Catholic Tradition - Kevin Williams
• Chapter 13 Gazetteer of Educational Thinkers - Compiled by Robert Manery
• Section III Philosophy of Education and Educational Practice
• Chapter 14 The Professional Status of Teaching - Timothy Reagan
• Chapter 15 Teaching and Pedagogy - David T. Hansen and Megan J. Laverty
• Chapter 16 The Wider Ethical Dimensions of Education and Teaching - Hugh Sockett
• Chapter 17 Moral and Citizenship Education - J. Mark Halstead
• Chapter 18 Indoctrination - Richard Bailey
• Chapter 19 Knowledge and Truth - Harvey Siegel
• Chapter 20 The Value of Knowledge - Brenda Almond
• Chapter 21 Concepts of Mind - Christine McCarthy
• Chapter 22 Learning - Andrew Davis
• Chapter 23 Motivation and Learning - Frederick S. Ellett, Jr. and David P. Erickson
• Chapter 24 Transferable Skills - Stephen Johnson
• Chapter 25 Educational Assessment - John Halliday
• Chapter 26 Inclusion and Diversity - Penny Enslin and Nicki Hedge
• Chapter 27 Equality and Justice - Claudia Ruitenberg and Daniel Vokey
• Chapter 28 Individual and Community Aims in Education - John P. Portelli and Francine Menashy
• Chapter 29 Art and Aesthetics in Education - Constantin Koopman
• Chapter 30 Religious Education - James C. Conroy and Robert A. Davis
• Chapter 31 Physical Education - Mike McNamee and Richard Bailey
• Chapter 32 Philosophical Questions about Learning Technologies - Craig A. Cunningham and Briana L. Allen
• Chapter 33 Personal and Social Education - Graham Haydon
• Chapter 34 Education and the Environment - Michael Bonnett