In this article, the relationship between philosophy and history of education is delved into.
First, it is noted that both disciplines have diverged from each other over the last few …

abstract How should history of education be written? To put the question is far more easier
than to provide a concrete answer. In contemporary research, there continue to be …

This paper argues that many philosophical arguments within the education discourse are
too little embedded in their own historical contexts. Starting out from the obvious fact that …

The following contribution expands the current discussion on the status and function of the
history of education at the methodological, or epistemological, level by introducing the …

When I first drafted this title, I meant it in a tongue in cheek way: half the academic papers
you've seen for the past two years have made some sort of reference to their position at the …

While philosophy of education is in one sense as old as philosophy itself, it emerged as a
particular specialism of educational and philosophical scholarship in the English-speaking …

What follows, then, is the slow, complex and indirect answer given by a philosopher to the
apparently simple question:'What is philosophy of education?'And, as indicated, the …

Philosophers of education face their own version of this horrible dilemma. On one hand,
many of them wish to contribute to the realms of educational policy and practice. In their …

A number of educationists have recently advocated a broadened conception of philosophy
of education, which incorporates the history of educational ideas. As a component of this …

This symposium begins with a critique by Paul Hirst of Wilfred Carr's 'Philosophy and
Education'(Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2004, 38.1), where Carr argues that …