Education, knowledge, and truth : beyond the postmodern impasse /

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Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ; 4 Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ; 4.
Subject:	Education -- Philosophy. Postmodernism and education. Knowledge, Theory of. Inquiry (Theory of knowledge) Truth. Curriculum planning. Curriculum planning. Education -- Philosophy. Inquiry (Theory of knowledge) Knowledge, Theory of. Postmodernism and education. Truth. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11127125

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Other authors / contributors:	Carr, David, 1944-
ISBN:	0203299124 9780203299128
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This collection aims to explore different conceptions of epistemological inquiry and their influence on pedagogy and the curricular content of primary and secondary education. It is arguable that curriculum policy makers have continued to subscribe to a foundationalist paradigm of rational educational planning. This is, however, considered largely untenable by educational philosophers in light of the impact of 'postmodern' philsophical critiques on the notions of objectivity, truth and authority in our claims for knowledge. This volume fills a major gap in the current literature of educational philosophy by calling for the establishment of a coherent route between rational foundationalism and intellectually promiscuous postmodernism in order to address the point and purpose of contemporary education.
Other form:	Print version: Education, knowledge, and truth. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 041516317X

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The post-war rise and fall of educational epistemology /David Carr1
Part IKnowledge in general17
1Knowledge, truth and education /Harvey Siegel19
2Interpretation, construction and the 'postmodern' ethos /David E. Cooper37
Part IIKnowledge in particular51
3Science education after postmodernism /Jim Mackenzie53
4Truth in religion: Wittgensteinian considerations /Fergus Kerr68
5Truth, arts education and the 'postmodern condition' /Graham McFee80
6Fictional truth /Lynne McFall96
7Moral education and the objectivity of values /David Carr114
8Virtues and human flourishing: a teleological justification /Jan W. Steutel129
Part IIIThe wider socio-political context143
9The politics of difference and common education /Eamonn Callan145
10Epistemology, politics and curriculum construction /D.C. Phillips159
11Feminism, epistemology and education /Shirley Pendlebury174
Part IVKnowledge and learning189
12Learning as invention: education and constructivism /Christopher Winch191
13Education, knowledge and critical thinking /Sharon Bailin204
14Assessment and the challenge of scepticism /Kevin Williams221.

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