Philosophy and Educational Policy by John Gingell

Philosophy and Educational Policy by John Gingell

What are the concepts and theories behind current debates about education? This comprehensive introduction to philosophy of education discusses issues that are of current public interest and debate. It locates education at the heart of questions concerned with culture, ethics, politics, economics and shows how key educational issues have to be approached in a contextual way. Written in a clear and accessible manner with current issues in mind the book covers: the curriculum teaching and learning educational research assessment moral, personal and civic education autonomy and multicultural issues in a liberal society education and work privatisation and markets This book will be particularly useful to students on Education Studies courses, to those preparing for a career in teaching, to students of politics and to serving teachers undertaking further study in education.

'The book is short, with helpful chapter synopses and clearly flagged debating pointsUndergraduate students of education or philosophy will find it helpful and challenging.' - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement

'Winch and Gingell’s book should be welcomed by those teacher educators and their students looking for philosophically informed discussion of the broad policy context within which teachers now work. Certainly I recommend the book to them. It would be easy to use as a set text as it is clearly written, contains summaries of the arguments at appropriate points and questions for discussion which might be used in tutorials.' -John Halliday, British Journal of Educational Studies, February 2006

'Winch and Gingell’s book should be welcomed by those teacher educators and their students looking for philosophically informed discussion of the broad policy context within which teachers now work. Certainly I recommend the book to them. It would be easy to use as a set text as it is clearly written, contains summaries of the arguments at appropriate points and questions for discussion which might be used in tutorials.' - John Halliday, British Journal of Educational Studies

Christopher Winch is Professor of Philosophy of Education and John Gingell is Head of Philosophy, both at University College Northampton.

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ISBN 13	9780415369589
ISBN 10	0415369584
Title	Philosophy and Educational Policy
Author	John Gingell
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2004-10-14
Number of pages	176
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