The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Education

Philosophy of education has now established itself throughout the world as a theoretically significant and practically vital discipline. In this important survey, an international group of leading philosophers charts the development of the field in the twentieth century and points to important questions for its future.Each chapter has been written as a collaboration between authors in order to emphasize the diversity of thought, and where appropriate, the dissent and debate that is intrinsic to the field. The contributors explore social and cultural theories, politics and education, philosophy as education, teaching and curriculum, and ethics and upbringing. The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Education is state-of-the-art map to the field as well as a valuable reference book.

Nigel Blake teaches at the Open University, Paul Smeyers at the University of Leuven in Belgium, Richard Smith at the University of Durham, and Paul Standish at the University of Dundee. They originally came together to explore their shared interest in postmodern issues and poststructuralist theory in relation to education. Their first collaboration. Thinking Again Education after Postmodernism (1998), laid the foundations, for other projects, including Education in an Age of Nihilism (2000). They have also addressed the educational influence of the European Union, reform in higher education, issues of online education and of moral education in their joint projects.

Paul Smeyers at the University of Leuven in Belgium.

Richard Smith at the University of Durham.

Paul Standish at the University of Dundee.