Education Policy (eBook)

Philosophical Critique

Richard Smith (Herausgeber)

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2013
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-68056-8 (ISBN)

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Education Policy sees 12 philosophers of education critique current and recent UK educational policies relating to higher education and faith-based education, assessment, the teaching of reading, vocational and civic education, teacher education, the influence of Europe and the idea of the ‘Big Society’.

• Twelve philosophers of education subject elements of current and recent UK educational policy to critique
• Forthright and critical, the contributors are unafraid to challenge current orthodoxies
• Offers thought-provoking insights into modern education policy
• Wide-ranging topics cover higher education and faith-based education, assessment, the teaching of reading, vocational and civic education, teacher education, the influence of Europe and the idea of the ‘Big Society’

Richard Smith is Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK. His most recent publications include the Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Education (with Nigel Blake, Paul Smeyers and Paul Standish, joint eds, Blackwell, 2003), The Therapy of Education (with Paul Smeyers and Paul Standish, 2006) and Evidence-based Educational Policy: What Evidence? What Basis? Whose Policy? (with David Bridges and Paul Smeyers, joint eds, Blackwell, 2009). His principal research interests are in the philosophy of education and the philosophy of social science.

Inhalt

Notes on Contributors vii

Introduction 1

Richard Smith

1 The Role of Policy in Philosophy of Education: An Argument and
an Illustration 5

John White

2 Alluring Ideas: Cherry Picking Policy from Around the World
18

Carrie Winstanley

3 'The Only Answer is Innovation . . .': Europe,
Policy and the Big Society 34

Naomi Hodgson

4 A New Dawn for Faith-Based Education? Opportunities for
Religious Organisations in the UK's New School System
47

Michael Hand

5 A Monstrous Regimen of Synthetic Phonics: Fantasies of
Research-Based Teaching 'Methods' versus Real Teaching
60

Andrew Davis

6 The Future of Teacher Education 74

Alis Oancea and Janet Orchard

7 Two Concepts of Assessment 89

Gerard Lum

8 Vocational and Civic Education: Whither British Policy?
103

Christopher Winch

9 Education under the Heel of Caesar: Reading UK Higher
Education

Reform through Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra 118

Sophie Ward

10 Improving the Student Experience 129

Elizabeth Staddon and Paul Standish

11 University Futures 147

Richard Smith

12 What Lessons Can We Learn? 160

W. A. Hart

Index 170

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.7.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Journal of Philosophy of Education
• Reihe/Serie: Journal of Philosophy of Education
• Reihe/Serie: Journal of Philosophy of Education
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: Assessment • big society • Bildungswesen • Civic education • Department of Education • Education • Educational Establishment • Education & Public Policy • Education Policy • Faith-based education • higher education • Lea • Pädagogik • Pädagogik u. Politik • Pädagogik • Pädagogik u. Politik • Philosophie • Philosophie der Bildung u. Erziehung • Philosophy • Philosophy of education • Policy Making • Politicians • Program for International Student Assessment • school standards • School system • Secretary of State for Education • Teacher Education • Teachers • Teaching reading • Theorie der Pädagogik • Theorie der Pädagogik • Theory of Education • vocational education
• ISBN-10: 1-118-68056-1 / 1118680561
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-68056-8 / 9781118680568