Philosophy and Educational Policy A Critical Introduction

This book is designed to provide an up-to-date introduction to the philosophy of education. It addresses many of the traditional topics in the field, as well as more contemporary policy issues in education.
The book is for undergraduate students of education, politics, and philosophy. It is written in a clear style and presupposes no previous knowledge of the subject. The authors include detailed lists of suggested further reading.They also pose key questions for discussion and reflection at the end of each chapter.

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.

1. Values, Aims and Society 2. Culture and the Curriculum 3. Teaching and Learning: Knowledge and the Imagination 4. Pedagogy, Good Practice and Prescription 5. Standards, Performance and Assessment 6. Moral, Personal and Civic Education 7. Autonomy and Liberal Education 8. Vocationalism, Training and Economics 9. Markets, Politics and Education 10. Education and Multiculturalism

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