1st Edition

Reclaiming Discipline for Education Knowledge, relationships and the birth of community

By James MacAllister Copyright 2017
184 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

Discipline is of profound educational importance, both inside educational institutions and outside of them in personal and social life. Reclaiming Discipline for Education revisits neglected philosophical ideas about discipline in education and uses these ideas to re-think practices and discourses of discipline in education today. Chapters in this book trace the evolution of thought... Read more
  1. What is discipline? What should it be for in education?  2.Discipline in recent education policy and practice  3. Rules, education and moral development  4. Discipline and punishment in education  5. Disciplines of knowledge, disciplined interests and student agency  6. Relationships, community and personal discipline  7. Restorative approaches to school discipline  8. Discipline in education: the birth of community

Biography

James MacAllister is Lecturer in Philosophy of Education at the University of Edinburgh, UK.