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This important new book presents a 'dual strand' argument: Firstly, it gives a comprehensive account of methods in philosophy of education, with leading international figures in the field of writing from a variety of methodological and epistemological perspectives. Secondly, it examines their application in the 'real world' of education, using the topical area of children's rights as a basis for investigation. It will therefore be of interest to philosophers and educationalists alike.
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Methods in Philosophy of Education This book introduces a variety of methodological approaches in philosophy of education. Established researchers from various philosophical and national backgrounds demonstrate the application of their methodologies by examining issues concerning children’s rights and education. The diverse methods reflect current debates in philosophy of education and demonstrate some of the specific contributions to educational sciences which can be expected from the subject. The methods examined include: analytic philosophy, reflective equilibrium, structuralism, deconstructionism, hermeneutics and antifoundationalism. The demonstrations of methodological approaches will be of great interest to both new and experienced researchers in the field, and readers interested in children’s rights in education will find fresh light thrown upon a number of topical issues. Frieda Heyting is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and History of Education at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her main fields of interest and publication are social philosophy of education and epistemological questions in philosophy of education. Dieter Lenzen is Professor of Philosophy of Education at the Institut für Allgemeine Pädagogik (Institute for General Theory of Education), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. His many publications are in the fields of theory of education and ‘Bildung’, historical anthropology of education, system theory and radical constructivism and pedagogy, empirical school research and educational scientific media reception research. John White is Professor of Philosophy of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, where he has worked since 1965. His interests are in interrelationships among educational aims and applications to school curricula, especially in the areas of the arts, history, and personal and social education. Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education 1 Education and Work in Great Britain, Germany and Italy Edited by A. Jobert, C. Marry, L. Tanguy and H. Rainbird 2 Education, Autonomy and Democratic Citizenship Philosophy in a Changing World Edited by David Bridges 3 The Philosophy of Human Learning Edited by Christopher Winch 4 Education, Knowledge and Truth Beyond the Postmodern Impasse Edited by David Carr 5 Virtue Ethics and Moral Education Edited by David Carr and Jan Steutel 6 Durkheim and Modern Education Edited by Geoffrey Walford and W. S. F. Pickering 7 The Aims of Education Edited by Roger Marples 8 Education in Morality J. Mark Halstead and Terence H. McLaughlin 9 Lyotard: Just Education Edited by Pradeep A. Dhillon and Paul Standish 10 Derrida and Education Edited by Gert J. J. Biesta and Denise Egéa-Kuehne 11 Education, Work and Social Capital Towards a New Conception of Vocational Education Christopher Winch 12 Philosophical Discussion in Moral Education The Community of Ethical Inquiry Tim Sprod 13 Methods in Philosophy of Education Edited by Frieda Heyting, Dieter Lenzen and John White 14 Life, Work and Learning Practice in post modernity David Beckett and Paul Hager Methods in Philosophy of Education Edited by Frieda Heyting, Dieter Lenzen and John White London and New York First published 2001 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simult