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A central question in the philosophy of education concerns the aims of education, i.e. the question of why people should be educated and what goals should be pursued in the process of education. [ 8 ] [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 14 ] This issue is highly relevant for evaluating educational practices and products by assessing how well they manage to realize ...
The Journal of Philosophy of Education is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Until January 2023, the journal was published by Wiley-Blackwell . [ 3 ]
Education studies encompasses various subfields such as pedagogy, educational research, comparative education, and the philosophy, psychology, sociology, economics, and history of education. [135] The philosophy of education is the branch of applied philosophy that examines many of the fundamental assumptions underlying the theory and practice ...
Educational essentialism is an educational philosophy whose adherents believe that children should learn the traditional basic subjects thoroughly. In this philosophical school of thought, the aim is to instill students with the "essentials" of academic knowledge, enacting a back-to-basics approach.
Dewey often described education as a mechanism for social change, stating that "education is a regulation of the process of coming to share in the social consciousness; and that the adjustment of individual activity on the basis of this social consciousness is the only sure method of social reconstruction". [55]
Secular perennialists espouse the idea that education should focus on the historical development of a continually advancing common orienting base of human knowledge and art, the timeless value of classic thought on central human issues by landmark thinkers, and revolutionary ideas critical to historical paradigm shifts or changes in world view.
"A Broader Vision of Education: Jefferson’s Efforts to Reform Educational Philosophy." in The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Thinkers (Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022) pp. 1-13. Hellenbrand, Harold. The unfinished revolution: Education and politics in the thought of Thomas Jefferson (U of Delaware Press, 1990). online
The Society has a regional network and its members are from both the UK and overseas. Membership is open to individuals who have been or are engaged in some form of study of the philosophy of education. It also holds regular events, including an annual conference and publishes the Journal of Philosophy of Education and the booklet series IMPACT ...