My research is primarily in the areas of epistemology and moral philosophy.  Particular areas of interest include:  educational theory, humanities, the problematic nature of empirical inquiry into human activity, and the role of higher education.

′This is an impressive collection of contributions from many of the leading figures in the field of philosophy of education in the Western world. It is wide ranging in its scope and coverage of the field and offers perhaps the best single point of reference for anyone wanting to see what the subject has to offer to an understanding of education as a field of practice, policy and enquiry -- and that, as these well crafted pieces demonstrate, is a lot′ - David BridgesProfessor Emeritus, University of East Anglia, Professorial Fellow, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education "This volume is to be recommended to all educators with an interest in philosophy of education... the quality of writing was excellent throughout [with] examples of what a range of perspectives looks like, with an admirable ability to consider the weaknesses of these positions alongside their strengths...highly recommended as an introduction to the field." Journal of Research in International Education "In brief, this SAGE Handbook is an interesting and informative book on philosophy of education. It can be "handy" to a wide range of interested readers, eg, students of different educational disciplines new to the area of philosophy; teachers, with no familiarity with philosophy who are keen to gain a basic knowledge of educational philosophy; and those with a desire to apply philosophy to educational practice. The book oscillates between classical and contemporary philosophical thought which provides a helpful perspective for the reader. It reflects on philosophical thoughts in an unambiguous, simplified, and attractive manner as well as supporting the significant relationship between educational practice and philosophical enquiry of the contemporary world." Educate

• PART ONE: EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEORYWhat Is Philosophy of Education? - D C PhillipsSchools of Thought in Philosophy of Education - Robin BarrowThe Philosophy of Education and Educational Theory - David CarrThe Philosophy of Education and Educational Practice - Richard PringPART TWO: SOME KEY HISTORICAL FIGURES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATIONPlato and Education - Ieuan WilliamsRousseau′s Émile and Educational Legacy - Jack Martin and Nathan MartinJohn Dewey and Educational Pragmatism - James Scott JohnstonT S Eliot, Education and Culture - Andrew ReidR S Peters, Liberal Traditionalist - M A B DegenhartPost-Structuralism, Postmodernism and Education - Richard SmithFeminism and Education - Cris Mayo and Barbara StengelEducation and the Catholic Tradition - Kevin WilliamsGazetteer of Educational Thinkers - Compiled by Robert ManeryPART THREE: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICEThe Pofessional Status of Teaching - Timothy ReaganTeaching and Pedagogy - David T Hansen and Megan J LavertyThe Wider Ethical Dimensions of Education and Teaching - Hugh SockettMoral and Citizenship Education - J Mark HalsteadIndoctrination - Richard BaileyKnowledge and Truth - Harvey SiegelThe Value of Knowledge - Brenda AlmondConcepts of Mind - Christine McCarthyLearning - Andrew DavisMotivation and Learning - Frederick S Ellett Jr and David P EricksonTransferable Skills - Stephen JohnsonEducational Assessment - John HallidayInclusion and Diversity - Penny Enslin and Nicki HedgeEquality and Justice - Claudia Ruitenberg and Daniel VokeyIndividual and Community Aims in Education - John P Portelli and Francine MenashyArt and Aesthetics in Education - Constantin KoopmanReligious Education - James C Conroy and Robert A DavisPhysical Education - Mike McNamee and Richard Bailey Philosophical Questions about Learning Technologies - Craig A Cunningham and Briana L AllenPersonal and Social Education - Graham HaydonEducation and the Environment - Michael Bonnett

My research is primarily in the areas of epistemology and moral philosophy.  Particular areas of interest include:  educational theory, humanities, the problematic nature of empirical inquiry into human activity, and the role of higher education.

′This is an impressive collection of contributions from many of the leading figures in the field of philosophy of education in the Western world. It is wide ranging in its scope and coverage of the field and offers perhaps the best single point of reference for anyone wanting to see what the subject has to offer to an understanding of education as a field of practice, policy and enquiry -- and that, as these well crafted pieces demonstrate, is a lot′ - David BridgesProfessor Emeritus, University of East Anglia, Professorial Fellow, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education "This volume is to be recommended to all educators with an interest in philosophy of education... the quality of writing was excellent throughout [with] examples of what a range of perspectives looks like, with an admirable ability to consider the weaknesses of these positions alongside their strengths...highly recommended as an introduction to the field." Journal of Research in International Education "In brief, this SAGE Handbook is an interesting and informative book on philosophy of education. It can be "handy" to a wide range of interested readers, eg, students of different educational disciplines new to the area of philosophy; teachers, with no familiarity with philosophy who are keen to gain a basic knowledge of educational philosophy; and those with a desire to apply philosophy to educational practice. The book oscillates between classical and contemporary philosophical thought which provides a helpful perspective for the reader. It reflects on philosophical thoughts in an unambiguous, simplified, and attractive manner as well as supporting the significant relationship between educational practice and philosophical enquiry of the contemporary world." Educate

• PART ONE: EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEORYWhat Is Philosophy of Education? - D C PhillipsSchools of Thought in Philosophy of Education - Robin BarrowThe Philosophy of Education and Educational Theory - David CarrThe Philosophy of Education and Educational Practice - Richard PringPART TWO: SOME KEY HISTORICAL FIGURES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATIONPlato and Education - Ieuan WilliamsRousseau′s Émile and Educational Legacy - Jack Martin and Nathan MartinJohn Dewey and Educational Pragmatism - James Scott JohnstonT S Eliot, Education and Culture - Andrew ReidR S Peters, Liberal Traditionalist - M A B DegenhartPost-Structuralism, Postmodernism and Education - Richard SmithFeminism and Education - Cris Mayo and Barbara StengelEducation and the Catholic Tradition - Kevin WilliamsGazetteer of Educational Thinkers - Compiled by Robert ManeryPART THREE: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICEThe Pofessional Status of Teaching - Timothy ReaganTeaching and Pedagogy - David T Hansen and Megan J LavertyThe Wider Ethical Dimensions of Education and Teaching - Hugh SockettMoral and Citizenship Education - J Mark HalsteadIndoctrination - Richard BaileyKnowledge and Truth - Harvey SiegelThe Value of Knowledge - Brenda AlmondConcepts of Mind - Christine McCarthyLearning - Andrew DavisMotivation and Learning - Frederick S Ellett Jr and David P EricksonTransferable Skills - Stephen JohnsonEducational Assessment - John HallidayInclusion and Diversity - Penny Enslin and Nicki HedgeEquality and Justice - Claudia Ruitenberg and Daniel VokeyIndividual and Community Aims in Education - John P Portelli and Francine MenashyArt and Aesthetics in Education - Constantin KoopmanReligious Education - James C Conroy and Robert A DavisPhysical Education - Mike McNamee and Richard Bailey Philosophical Questions about Learning Technologies - Craig A Cunningham and Briana L AllenPersonal and Social Education - Graham HaydonEducation and the Environment - Michael Bonnett

My research is primarily in the areas of epistemology and moral philosophy.  Particular areas of interest include:  educational theory, humanities, the problematic nature of empirical inquiry into human activity, and the role of higher education.

′This is an impressive collection of contributions from many of the leading figures in the field of philosophy of education in the Western world. It is wide ranging in its scope and coverage of the field and offers perhaps the best single point of reference for anyone wanting to see what the subject has to offer to an understanding of education as a field of practice, policy and enquiry -- and that, as these well crafted pieces demonstrate, is a lot′ - David BridgesProfessor Emeritus, University of East Anglia, Professorial Fellow, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education "This volume is to be recommended to all educators with an interest in philosophy of education... the quality of writing was excellent throughout [with] examples of what a range of perspectives looks like, with an admirable ability to consider the weaknesses of these positions alongside their strengths...highly recommended as an introduction to the field." Journal of Research in International Education "In brief, this SAGE Handbook is an interesting and informative book on philosophy of education. It can be "handy" to a wide range of interested readers, eg, students of different educational disciplines new to the area of philosophy; teachers, with no familiarity with philosophy who are keen to gain a basic knowledge of educational philosophy; and those with a desire to apply philosophy to educational practice. The book oscillates between classical and contemporary philosophical thought which provides a helpful perspective for the reader. It reflects on philosophical thoughts in an unambiguous, simplified, and attractive manner as well as supporting the significant relationship between educational practice and philosophical enquiry of the contemporary world." Educate

• PART ONE: EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEORYWhat Is Philosophy of Education? - D C PhillipsSchools of Thought in Philosophy of Education - Robin BarrowThe Philosophy of Education and Educational Theory - David CarrThe Philosophy of Education and Educational Practice - Richard PringPART TWO: SOME KEY HISTORICAL FIGURES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATIONPlato and Education - Ieuan WilliamsRousseau′s Émile and Educational Legacy - Jack Martin and Nathan MartinJohn Dewey and Educational Pragmatism - James Scott JohnstonT S Eliot, Education and Culture - Andrew ReidR S Peters, Liberal Traditionalist - M A B DegenhartPost-Structuralism, Postmodernism and Education - Richard SmithFeminism and Education - Cris Mayo and Barbara StengelEducation and the Catholic Tradition - Kevin WilliamsGazetteer of Educational Thinkers - Compiled by Robert ManeryPART THREE: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICEThe Pofessional Status of Teaching - Timothy ReaganTeaching and Pedagogy - David T Hansen and Megan J LavertyThe Wider Ethical Dimensions of Education and Teaching - Hugh SockettMoral and Citizenship Education - J Mark HalsteadIndoctrination - Richard BaileyKnowledge and Truth - Harvey SiegelThe Value of Knowledge - Brenda AlmondConcepts of Mind - Christine McCarthyLearning - Andrew DavisMotivation and Learning - Frederick S Ellett Jr and David P EricksonTransferable Skills - Stephen JohnsonEducational Assessment - John HallidayInclusion and Diversity - Penny Enslin and Nicki HedgeEquality and Justice - Claudia Ruitenberg and Daniel VokeyIndividual and Community Aims in Education - John P Portelli and Francine MenashyArt and Aesthetics in Education - Constantin KoopmanReligious Education - James C Conroy and Robert A DavisPhysical Education - Mike McNamee and Richard Bailey Philosophical Questions about Learning Technologies - Craig A Cunningham and Briana L AllenPersonal and Social Education - Graham HaydonEducation and the Environment - Michael Bonnett