Philosophy of Education Books

New and Published Books

1. The Philosophy of Play

   Edited by Emily Ryall, Wendy Russell, Malcolm MacLean

   Play is a vital component of the social life and well-being of both children and adults. This book examines the concept of play and considers a variety of the related philosophical issues. It also includes meta-analyses from a range of philosophers and theorists, as well as an exploration of some...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Balancing Dilemmas in Assessment and Learning in Contemporary Education

   Edited by Anton Havnes, Liz McDowell

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book focuses on dilemmas inherent in the practice of assessment in the contemporary context. New forms of assessment are being introduced in all sectors of education and training, and the culture of assessment is shifting. The authors in this volume discuss the practice of assessment,...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care

   Languages of evaluation, 3rd Edition

   By Gunilla Dahlberg, Peter Moss, Alan Pence

   Series: Routledge Education Classic Edition

   Taking a broad approach, Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care relates issues of early childhood to the sociology of childhood, philosophy, ethics, political science and other fields and to an analysis of the world we live in today. It places these issues in a global context and...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
4. Education, Work and Leisure (Routledge Revivals)

   By Harold Entwistle

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1970, this book considers the alleged distinction between ‘education for life’ and ‘education for work’ and exposes the fallacies on which this and other similar distinctions are based. It shows that ideas on this subject are inextricably intertwined with wider views on the...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
5. Education, Professionalism, and the Quest for Accountability

   Hitting the Target but Missing the Point

   By Jane Green

   Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

   This book focuses on education and its relation to professional accountability as viewed from two different, but not unrelated, perspectives. First, the book is about the work of professionals in schools and colleges (teachers, head teachers, leaders, principals, directors and educational managers,...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. Educational Theories, Cultures and Learning

   A Critical Perspective

   Edited by Harry Daniels, Hugh Lauder, Jill Porter

   Series: Critical Perspectives on Education

   Educational Theories, Cultures and Learning focuses on how education is understood in different cultures, the theories and related assumptions we make about learners and students and how we think about them, and how we can understand the principle actors in education - learners and teachers....

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
7. Higher Education in Liquid Modernity

   By Marvin Oxenham

   Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

   Based in sociologist Zygmunt Bauman’s theory of liquid modernity, this volume describes and critiques key aspects and practices of liquid education--education as market-driven consumption, short life span of useful knowledge, overabundance of information--through a systematic comparison...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
8. Philosophy in Schools

   An Introduction for Philosophers and Teachers

   Edited by Sara Goering, Nicholas J. Shudak, Thomas E. Wartenberg

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   All of us ponder the big and enduring human questions—Who am I? Am I free? What should I do? What is good? Is there justice? Is life meaningful?—but this kind of philosophical interrogation is rarely carefully explored or even taken seriously in most primary and secondary school settings. However,...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
9. 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
10. 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