The Philosophy of Education

by Richard Pring

This book for the first time brings together Professor Pring's thoughts on the philosophy of education and is his first global treatment of the subject. His writings reflect a consistency of thought about educational theory and educational aims-and the consequence of both for the nature and practice of educational research. Professor Pring draws together the different themes, providing a distinctively philosophical perspective on educational theory and practice. This perspective challenges many of the ideas, which underpin government policy, impoverish educational practice and weaken educational research in a way unacknowledged even by the research's most ardent critics.

Genres: Education

290 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

Professor Emeritus, Department of Education, University of Oxford.

PhL (Gregorian, Rome), BA (UCL), PhD (London). Honours: Bene Merente Medal (Pope Pius XII, 1959), Hon. D.Litt (University of Kent, 1984), Aga Khan Award of Distinction, 2008), Hon.D.Litt, (University of London: Inst. of Education, 2015)

Director of the Department of Educational Studies at Oxford University until retirement in May 2003. From 2003 he was Lead Director of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training, a £1,000,000 six year project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

Completed the following research projects in addition to the Nuffield Review: the evaluation of the Oxford Bursary Scheme with John Fox, a £125,000 project funded from Atlantic Philanthropies, and an evaluation of quality assurance in 11 Arab Universities, with a grant funding of £12,000 from the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme).

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Reviews

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Please note: I only read chapter five and so cannot form a review on the whole book.

Very outdated - 3*

The actual references for this chapter were seriously outdated. Despite being released in 2004, this book relied heavily on references from the 1980s, which was severely disappointing. The actual information in the book was seriously interesting and really useful for my assignment.