Richard Pring

Thinking Philosophically about Education (eBook, ePUB)

The Selected Works of Richard Pring

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Highlighting key writings from Professor Richard Pring's international career in education, the texts in this book provide a historical perspective in relation to current debates about philosophy of education in the UK and internationally, drawing attention to issues of current concern.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429833182
• Artikelnr.: 54793226

Autorenporträt

Richard Pring is Emeritus Professor of Education, and was formerly Director of Department of Educational Studies, University of Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I Philosophy of Education: meaning and importance
Chapter 1 'From disguised nonsense to recognition of patent nonsense': thinking philosophically about education.
Chapter 2 Am I a critical realist?
Chapter 3 Philosophy of education according to John Dewey.
Part II Aims of Education
Chapter 4 What counts as an educated person?
Chapter 5 Putting persons back into education.
Chapter 6 Traditional or child-centred learning - a 'false dualism'?
Chapter 7 Preparing for citizenship: relevance of John Dewey.
Chapter 8 When is a 'university' not a 'university'? A changing concept.
Part III Teaching and Research
Chapter 9 Leadership: skilled manager or virtuous professional?
Chapter 10 Research into practice: action research and practitioner research.
Chapter 11 Teacher as researcher: relevance of John Dewey's pragmatism.
Part IV Context of Education
Chapter 12 Transformation of education: from public service to private gain.
Chapter 13 The common school