Key Debates in Education

✍ Scribed by Ian Davies, Ian Gregory, Nicholas McGuinn

• Publisher: Continuum
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 201
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Our society invests hugely in education, but not always very thoughtfully. Key Debates in Education outlines all of the main issues involved in arriving at an intelligent understanding of education. In particular, it provides in-depth discussion of: the purpose of education; the nature of teaching, learning and assessment; education policy; the contribution of education to society. Above all, the authors convey the liveliness and excitement of educational debate--not least through the way that they take issue with each other. In the process they show how and why people who care about education radically disagree with each other. This text includes questions, tasks, and further reading sections.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Essential Debates in Education: An Introduction......Page 10
CHAPTER 1 The Aims of Education......Page 26
Response to 'The Aims of Education'......Page 42
Activities......Page 50
A Note to the Reader......Page 53
CHAPTER 2 How and Why Do We Learn?......Page 54
Response to 'How and Why Do We Learn?'......Page 68
Activities......Page 76
CHAPTER 3 Who Teaches and Why?......Page 80
Response to 'Who Teaches and Why?'......Page 96
Activities......Page 104
CHAPTER 4 Policy, Practice and Principles......Page 109
Response to 'Policy, Practice and Principles'......Page 126
Activities......Page 134
CHAPTER 5 Education for a Better World?......Page 138
Response to 'Education for a Better World?'......Page 155
Activities......Page 164
Conclusion......Page 168
Appendix: A Very Brief History of Education in England......Page 184
References......Page 192
E......Page 200
V......Page 201