Philosophy of education : the key concepts / Christopher Winch and John Gingell.

Rev. ed. of: Key concepts in the philosophy of education. 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-347) and indexes.

Machine derived contents note: Key Concepts -- A -- aesthetic/artistic education -- accountability -- achievement -- action research -- advising -- affirmative -- action -- aims of education -- apprenticeship -- assessment -- attention/attentiveness -- authority -- autonomy -- B -- behaviourism -- C -- censorship -- co-education -- cognitivism -- common good -- common sense -- communitarianism -- compensatory education -- competence -- competition and cooperation -- compulsion -- concept formation -- conservatism -- constructivism -- creativity -- critical thinking -- culture curriculum -- D -- definition -- democracy -- deschooling -- development -- discipline -- discourse -- discovery learning -- diversity -- E -- education -- effectiveness -- elitism -- emotions -- entitlement -- epistemology -- equality -- esoteric -- essentially contested concepts -- excellence -- existentialism -- experience -- experts -- expression (free) -- F -- feminism -- G -- genre -- giftedness -- good practice -- H -- health education -- Higher Education -- homosexuality -- human nature -- I -- idealism -- ideology -- imagination -- individuality -- indoctrination -- inspection -- instrumentalism -- intelligence -- J -- judgement -- justice -- justification -- K -- knowledge -- L -- leadership -- learning -- leisure -- liberation -- literacy -- M -- markets -- Marxism -- means and ends -- memory -- metanarratives -- metaphysics -- mixed ability -- moral education -- motivation -- multiculturalism -- N -- narrative -- nationalism -- nature/nurture -- needs -- neutrality -- O -- objectivity -- open learning -- oppression -- P -- paradigm case arguments -- parental -- paternalism -- pedagogy -- philosophy -- physical education -- play -- pluralism -- political economy -- postmodernism -- practical education -- pragmatism -- prefiguration -- process -- progressivism -- psycholinguistics -- public schools -- punishment -- Q -- quality -- R -- racism -- rationality -- reading -- reconstructivism -- reductionism -- reflective teaching -- relativism -- Religious Education -- research -- rights rules -- S -- schools and schooling -- scientific method -- selection -- self-respect -- sex and gender -- sex education -- skills -- social cohesion -- socialisation -- sociolinguistics -- sociology of knowledge -- special education/learning disabilities -- spiritual education -- standards stereotypes -- T -- teaching -- theory and practice -- tolerance -- training -- transcendental arguments -- truth -- U -- utilitarianism -- utopianism -- V -- virtue theory -- vocationalism -- W -- work -- writing.

"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 guide provides all that a student, teacher or policy-maker needs to know about the latest thinking on education in the 21st century."--BOOK JACKET.

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