Handbook of Philosophy of Education

This book covers a range of timely, emerging, and global issues in education, such as campus speech, racial and linguistic justice, climate education, neoliberalism, the future of higher education, international educational testing, educational problems of mass migration, and educational justice for working children. It explores fundamental questions of educational theory and policy, including the nature of educational justice, the roles of evidence and values in decision-making, and widely-discussed educational aims such as human flourishing and global citizenship. The volume reflects important developments in epistemic and value-focused philosophy of education and the ways these come together in civic life. It emphasizes the educational and civic importance of virtues of mind and the interactions between epistemic virtues and disciplinary knowledge. The chapters are authored by distinguished philosophers with extensive experience in educational and policy leadership.

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 26 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into a wide range of timely, emerging, and global issues, encompassing campus speech, racial and linguistic justice in education, climate education, neoliberalism in education, the future of higher education, international educational testing, educational challenges of mass migration, and educational justice for working children across the world. It poses fundamental questions of educational theory and policy, such as the nature of educational justice, the roles of evidence and values in educational decision-making, the basis for prioritizing certain educational aims over others, and widely debated educational goals like human flourishing and global citizenship.

The volume showcases significant advancements on both the epistemic (knowledge-focused) and value-focused (ethical, justice-related, and moral-developmental) wings of philosophy of education, highlighting how these aspects intersect in addressing critical civic concerns, particularly the polarization of public life and the breakdown of public (i.e., shared) knowledge. It also explores how schools can navigate the complexities of a world where controversies surround issues that often have strong scientific consensus.

A particularly valuable aspect of this book is its focus on the educational and civic significance of both intellectual or epistemic virtues and the ways in which these virtues interact with disciplinary knowledge, networks of epistemic trust and reliance, and the methods employed in teaching. Relevant chapters in this regard include those on Mind, Reason, and Knowledge; Understanding as an Aim of Education; Cultivating Intellectual Virtues; Intellectual Character Education; Free Speech and Education; Democratic Education and the Controversy over Controversial Issues; and C.

Weight: 1020g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032000053