Robin Barrow has been one of the leading philosophers of education for more than forty years. This book is a critical but appreciative examination of his work by some of the leading philosophers of education at work today, with responses from Professor Barrow. It will focus on his work on curriculum, the analytic tradition in philosophy, education and schooling, and his use of Greek philosophy to enrich current debates in the subject. This work will be of interest to all those who have been influenced by his contributions to educational and philosophical debate.

Robin Barrow has been one of the leading philosophers of education for more than forty years. This book is a critical but appreciative examination of his work by some of the leading philosophers of education at work today, with responses from Professor Barrow. It will focus on his work on curriculum, the analytic tradition in philosophy, education and schooling, and his use of Greek philosophy to enrich current debates in the subject. This work will be of interest to all those who have been influenced by his contributions to educational and philosophical debate.

This new edition of Philosophy of Education: The Key Concepts is an easy to use A-Z guide summarizing all the key terms, ideas and issues central to the study of educational theory today. Fully updated, the book is cross-referenced throughout and contains pointers to further reading, as well as new entries on such topics as: Citizenship and Civic Education Liberalism Capability Well-being Patriotism Globalisation Open-mindedness Creationism and Intelligent Design. Comprehensive and authoritative this highly accessible guide provides all that a student, teacher or policy-maker needs to know about the latest thinking on education in the 21st century.'

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.

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?

Provides an introduction to the key works of the major political thinkers from the English Civil War to the end of the 19th Century. It draws together the important parts of seminal works of political thought such as Hobbes' "Leviathan" , Locke's "Treatises" , Rousseau's "The Social Contract" , and Mill's "On Liberty", and offers substantial extracts of seminal texts from Machievelli's "The Prince" to Marx's "Capital", with accessible introductions to each thinker, explaining their lives and works, and placing them in the historical context in which they worked and wrote. Political thinkers included in this book are: Machiavelli; Milton and the Levellers; Hobbes; Locke; Hume; Montesquieu; Smith; Rousseau; Madison and Hamilton; Burke; Paine; Wollestonecraft; Bentham; Mill; and Marx.

Contents:
Preface 1. Extract from The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli 2. Extract from Areopagitica6n, Extract from An Agreement of the Free People of England Extract from The Law of Freedom in a Platform John Milton and the Levellers 3. Extract from Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 4. Extract from Two Treatises of Government John Locke 5. Extract from A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume 6. Extract from The Spirit of the Laws Montesquieu 7. Extract from The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith 8. Extract from A Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind Extract from The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9. Extract from The Federalist Papers James Madison and Alexander Hamilton 10. Extract from Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke 11. Extract from Rights of Man Thomas Paine 12. Extract from A Vindication of the Rights of Women Mary Wollstonecraft 13. Extract from An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Jeremy Bentham 14. Extract from On Liberty John Stuart Mill 15. Extract from Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Extract from Manifesto of the Communist Party Extract from Capital

This new edition of Philosophy of Education: The Key Concepts is an easy to use A-Z guide summarizing all the key terms, ideas and issues central to the study of educational theory today. Fully updated, the book is cross-referenced throughout and contains pointers to further reading, as well as new entries on such topics as: Citizenship and Civic Education Liberalism Capability Well-being Patriotism Globalisation Open-mindedness Creationism and Intelligent Design. Comprehensive and authoritative this highly accessible guide provides all that a student, teacher or policy-maker needs to know about the latest thinking on education in the 21st century.'