The Curriculum and the Child The Selected Works of John White

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career- long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces-extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/practical contributions-so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands of their work and see their contribution to the development of a field.
Emeritus Professor John White has spent the last 35 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in education.
In this book, he brings together 16 key writings in one place. Starting with a specially written Introduction, which gives an overview of John's career and conceptualizes his selection within the development of the field, the chapters cover:
- Mind
- State and Curriculum
- Well-being
- Politics
- Curriculum subjects.
This book not only shows how John's thinking developed during his long and distinguished career; it also gives an insight into the development of the fields to which he contributed.

John White has spent the last thirty-five years researching, teaching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in philosophy of education. He has contributed overthirty books and 140 articles to the field. In this book he brings together sixteenof his key writings in one place for the first time. Starting with a specially written introduction, John White gives an overview of his career and contextualises his selection within the development of the field.The chapters cover: mind state and curriculum well-being politics curriculum subjects. This important text not only shows how John White’s thinking developed during his long and distinguished career, it also gives an insight into the development of the fields to which he contributed.

Introduction Part 1: The Child's Mind 1. Intelligence and the Logic of the Nature-Nurture Issue 2. The Education of the Emotions 3. Motivating Children 4. Puritan Intelligence Part 2: The State-Controlled Curriculum 5. The End of the Compulsory Curriculum 6. Should Schools Determine their own Curricula? 7. The Aims of Education in the Liberal Democratic State 8. Rethinking the School Curriculum Part 3: Well-being Aims 9. The Problem of Self-Interest: The Educator’s Perspective 10. Education and Personal Well-Being in a Secular Universe 11. Education, Work and Well-Being 12. Education, the Market and the Nature of Personal Well-Being 13. Education and Nationality Part 4: Subjects 14. The Roots of Philosophy 15. The Arts, Well-Being and Education 16. Should Mathematics be Compulsory for all until the Age of 16?

John White recently retired as Professor of Philosophy of Education from the Institute of Education, UK. He has been researching and writing about education for over 35 years and is internationally renown for his work in the field.