Philosophy of Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Authenticity in and through Teaching in Higher Education

   The transformative potential of the scholarship of teaching

   By Carolin Kreber

   What does it mean to be authentic? Why should it matter whether or not we become more authentic? How might authenticity inform and enhance the social practice of the scholarship of university teaching and, by implication, the learning and development of students? Authenticity in and through...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Exploring Education

   An Introduction to the Foundations of Education, 4th Edition

   By Alan R. Sadovnik, Peter Cookson, Jr., Susan Semel

   This much-anticipated fourth edition of Exploring Education offers an alternative to traditional foundations texts by combining a point-of-view analysis with primary source readings. Pre- and in-service teachers will find a solid introduction to the foundations disciplines -- history, philosophy,...

   Published January 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Care in Education

   Teaching with Understanding and Compassion

   By Sandra Wilde

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This philosophical commentary explores the meaning and significance of care in education, demonstrating how teaching with care enriches the art and soul of pedagogy. Wilde draws upon Western and Eastern philosophies that envision an integrated image of care to illuminate the value of...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Rethinking School Bullying

   Dominance, Identity and School Culture

   By Ronald B. Jacobson

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book takes a new angle on a much-studied phenomenon, focusing on the role of domination and identity construction, understanding and self-knowledge, moral transformation and the social community, systems of training and hierarchy used by schooling, and the role they play in...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Role of Participants in Education Research

   Ethics, Epistemologies, and Methods

   Edited by Warren Midgley, Patrick Alan Danaher, Margaret Baguley

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book explores different perspectives on the role, influence and importance of participants in education research. Drawing on a variety of philosophical, theoretical and methodological approaches, the book examines how researchers relate to and with their participants before, during, and after...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
6. Privatising the Public University

   The Case of Law

   By Margaret Thornton

   Privatising the Public University: The Case of Law is the first full-length critical study examining the impact of the dramatic reforms that have swept through universities over the last two decades. Drawing on extensive research and interviews in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada, Margaret...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
7. Social Reconstruction Learning

   Dualism, Dewey and Philosophy in Schools

   By Jennifer Bleazby

   Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

   This volume argues that educational problems have their basis in an ideology of binary opposites often referred to as dualism, which is deeply embedded in all aspects of Western society and philosophy, and that it is partly because mainstream schooling incorporates dualism that it is unable to...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
8. Basil Bernstein

   The thinker and the field

   By Rob Moore

   Basil Bernstein: The Thinker and the Field provides a comprehensive introduction to the work of Basil Bernstein, demonstrating his distinctive contribution to social theory by locating it within the historical context of the development of the sociology of education and Sociology in Britain....

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
9. Morality and Objectivity (Routledge Revivals)

   A Tribute to J. L. Mackie

   Edited by Ted Honderich

   The late J. L. Mackie and his work were a focus for much of the best philosophical thinking in the Oxford tradition. His moral thought centres on that most fundamental issue in moral philosophy – the issue of whether our moral judgements are in some way objective. The contributors to this volume,...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
10. Picturebooks, Pedagogy and Philosophy

    By Joanna Haynes, Karin Murris

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Contemporary picturebooks open up spaces for philosophical dialogues between people of all ages. As works of art, picturebooks offer unique opportunities to explore ideas and to create meaning collaboratively. This book considers censorship of certain well-known picturebooks, challenging the...

    Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge