1st Edition

Do Teachers Care About Truth? Epistemological Issues for Education

By Harry S. Broudy Copyright 1987
    98 Pages
    by Routledge

    98 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book, first published in 1987, examines the notion of truth and then discusses knowledge and the way in which much of our knowledge revises or rejects the common-sense we start from. The author argues that our knowledge is not as secure as some would like to think and that there are important limits to the possibility for explanation. He shows how values permeate our ordinary thinking and argues against the objectivity of these values, showing the practical consequences of this argument for teaching in schools.

    This stimulating approach to a fundamental educational issue does not require previous experience of formal philosophy and will be useful to both education students and teachers in schools.

    Preface;  1. Introduction  2. Truth  3. Knowledge  4. Opinion;  Notes;  Further Reading;  References;  Index

    Biography

    Brandon, E. P.