Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
About the Book Series
The philosophy of education is enjoying a resurgence of interest internationally, in line with the growing attention worldwide to education's seminal importance in shaping societies, economies and people's lives. This series brings together some of the leading experts from around the world, and provides an outlet for the very latest cutting-edge research.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] โ Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] โ Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] โ Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Derrida & Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Gert Biesta, Denise Egea-Kuehne
December 15, 2011
Bringing together the work of international experts in the field, and two interviews with Derrida himself, this book provides a key to the reflections that Derrida's work has prompted on all aspects of educational studies. The contributors address fundamental educational issues from a ...
Levinas and Education: At the Intersection of Faith and Reason
1st Edition
Edited
By Denise Egea-Kuehne
July 29, 2011
This first book-length collection on Levinas and education gathers new texts written especially for this volume by an international group of scholars well known for their work in philosophy, educational theory, and on Levinas. It provides an introduction to some of Levinas's major themes of ethics,...
Beauty and Education
1st Edition
By Joe Winston
June 13, 2011
Beauty is something we value instinctively. We find it in art and in nature, in words, images and ideas, seeking it through our senses and through our intellect, in others and in ourselves. This book seeks to re-awaken educators to the power of beauty as an educational concept, to its relevance for...
Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking
1st Edition
By Christopher Winch
March 06, 2009
The concepts of autonomy and of critical thinking are of key importance in many contemporary accounts of the aims of education. Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking analyzes their relationship to each other and to education, explores their roles in mortality and politics, and examines the part...
Education, Work and Social Capital: Towards a New Conception of Vocational Training
1st Edition
By Christopher Winch
November 02, 2000
This book provides an integrated treatment of the relationship between political economy and vocational education at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Approaching the subject from a philosophical perspective the author engages with debates about* the work-related aims of education * the ...
Education in Morality
1st Edition
Edited
By J. Mark Halstead, Terence H. McLaughlin
June 21, 1999
Offering a variety of perspectives on some of the most fundamental questions about moral education the volume is written in the belief that philosophy has an important contribution to make in bringing about a clearer understanding of the task of moral education. There is an international team of ...
Education and Work in Great Britain, Germany and Italy
1st Edition
Edited
By Annette Jobert, Catherine Marry, Helen Rainbird, Lucie Tanguy
October 15, 1997
This volume examines the multiple connections between education, broadly defined, and work, through an analysis of the literature on the transition from school to work, on vocational training and on the labour market. It shows that concepts such as skill, unemployment rates, young people and the ...