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Beyond empiricism : on criteria for educational research
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ISBN: 9058673251 Year: 2003 Volume: 34 Publisher: Leuven : Leuven university press,


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Pour une philosophie politique de l'éducation : six questions d'aujourd'hui
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ISBN: 2012791204 2227470275 9782227470279 9782012791206 Year: 2002 Publisher: Paris : Bayard,

Education and citizenship in liberal-democratic societies : teaching for cosmopolitan values and collective identities
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ISBN: 0199253668 Year: 2003 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

Reflective teaching in the postmodern world : a manifesto for education in postmodernity
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ISBN: 0335195865 0335195857 Year: 1997 Publisher: Buckingham Open university press


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Not for profit : why democracy needs the humanities
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ISBN: 9780691154480 9780691140643 0691154481 Year: 2013 Publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press

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"Philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Nussbaum argues that we must resist efforts to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product. Rather, we must work to reconnect education to the humanities in order to give students the capacity to be true democratic citizens of their countries and the world"--Jacket.

L'éducation à la liberté ou la philosophie de l'éducation de Jacques Maritain
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ISBN: 077661021X Year: 1978 Volume: 11 Publisher: Grenoble Presses universitaires de Grenoble

Educational research : why 'What works' doesn't work.
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ISBN: 140205307X 9781402053078 9781402053085 1402053088 9786610745098 1280745096 Year: 2006 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer,

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Education and educational research, according to the current fashion, are supposed to be concerned with ‘what works’, to the exclusion of all other considerations. All over the world, and particularly in the English-speaking countries, governments look for means of improving ‘student achievement’ as measured by standardized test scores. Although such improvements are often to be welcomed, they do not answer all significant questions about what constitutes good education. Also the research on which they are based is not the only legitimate way to do educational research. Social research, and therefore educational research, cannot ignore the distinctive nature of what it studies: a social activity where questions of meaning and value cannot be eliminated, and where interpretation and judgment play a crucial role. In this book distinguished philosophers and historians of education from 6 countries focus on the problematical nature of the search for ‘what works’ in educational contexts, in practice as well as in theory. Beginning with specific problems, they move on to more general and theoretical considerations, seeking to go beyond over-simple ideas about cause and effect and the rhetoric of performativity that currently has educational thinking in its grip. ‘Freedom of inquiry in educational research can no longer be taken for granted. Narrow definitions of what constitutes ‘scientific’ research, funding criteria that enforce particular research methods, and policy decision processes that ignore any research that is not narrowly utilitarian, create a context in many countries that discourages scholarship of a more speculative, exploratory, or critical sort. This book brings together an exceptional combination of international and cross-disciplinary scholars who bring the perspectives of history and philosophy of science to ask, ‘How did we arrive at this place? and ‘Where is educational research heading? The book illuminates the anti-intellectual consequences of a ‘what works’ mentality in education, and shows that the ostensibly ‘scientific’ revolution in educational research in fact reflects an ahistorical and conceptually muddled understanding of what actually constitutes ‘science.’ This book could not be more timely and important.’ Nicholas C. Burbules, Grayce Wicall Gauthier Professor, University of Illinois ‘With research increasingly tied to State policies with the instrumental purpose of guiding school reforms, the volume provides an important historical and philosophical questioning of the possibilities, limitations and challenges of education research. Internationally leading scholars engage in a significant conversation that is sophisticated and nuanced for understanding contemporary debates.’ Thomas S. Popkewitz, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA This publication is realized by the Research Community (FWO-Vlaanderen / Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium) Philosophy and History of the Discipline of Education. Evaluation and Evolution of the Criteria for Educational Research. .


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L'éducation : un trésor est caché dedans : rapport à l'UNESCO de la Commission internationale sur l'éducation pour le vingt et unième siècle
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ISBN: 9232032740 2738103812 9789232032744 Year: 1996 Publisher: Paris : Odile Jacob, D. Reidel,

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