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, including: values, aims and society culture and the
curriculum learning: knowledge and imagination pedagogy and
prescription standards, performance and assessment civic and
personal education autonomy and liberal education vocationalism,
training and economics markets, politics and education (including
private schooling and education at home) education in multicultural
societies. 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. pose key
questions for discussion and reflection at the end of each chapter,
raising issues such as: should all children be educated by the
state? to what extent should a state education reflect compromises
about values between different interest groups within a society?
should education policy be coordinated with economic policy? has a
market a role to play in the organisation and running of education?
how should religious education be organised in a society whose
popualtion holds a variety of different religious beliefs?
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