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  • The Philosophy of Human Learning

    by Christopher Winch ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
    The Philosophy of Human Learning addresses current concerns with the nature of human learning from a distinctive philosophical perspective. Using insights derived from the work of Wittgenstein, it mounts a vigorous attack on influential contemporary accounts of learning, both in the 'romantic' Rousseauian tradition and in the 'scientific' cognotivist tradition. These two schools, Professor Winch ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Practical Rationality, Learning and Convention

    Essays in the Philosophy of Education

    by Christopher Winch ...
    Series series Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein
    This collection of articles by one of the leading philosophers of education in the English-speaking world takes up themes in the philosophy of language, epistemology and the philosophy of learning to shed light on philosophical puzzles concerning learning, concept formation, knowing how, the following of norms and whether there is a single concept of rationality that can be applied universally. ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Educational Explanations

    Philosophy in Empirical Educational Research

    by Christopher Winch ...
    Series series Journal of Philosophy of Education
    EDUCATIONAL EXPLANATIONSEducational Explanations is a comprehensive study of the main philosophical questions that confront empirical educational researchers. The book outlines the sense in which empirical educational research pursues truth and sets out and defends an account of its task as the offering of explanations for the many educational problems that claim our attention. The book goes on to ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • School Education in India

    Market, State and Quality

    Edited by Manish Jain, Archana Mehendale, Rahul Mukhopadhyay, Padma M. Sarangapani, Christopher Winch ...
    This volume examines how the public and private domains in school education in India are informed and mediated by current market realities. It moves beyond the simplistic dichotomy of pro-state versus promarket factors that define most current debates in the formulations of educational reform agendas to underline how they need to be interpreted in the larger context. The chapters in the volume ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Teachers' Know-How

    A Philosophical Investigation

    by Christopher Winch ...
    Series series Journal of Philosophy of Education
    Teachers’ Know-How: A Philosophical Investigation presents a comprehensive and up to date philosophical treatment of the kinds of knowledge and “know-how” that educators should possess.Offers an original and in-depth study of teachers’ know-how which situates teaching within the spectrum of professionsCritiques the currently fashionable craft conception of teaching and the view of teaching as ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Language, Ability and Educational Achievement

    by Christopher Winch ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Education
    This title, first published in 1990, engages in the current debates about the teaching of literacy and the reform of education. Based on his dissatisfaction with prevalent theories of educational achievement and his experience of teaching in elementary schools, Winch argues that the dichotomy of biological inheritance and environmental influence is inadequate to describe the diverse phenomena of ... Read more

    $53.58 CAD

  • Education, Work and Social Capital

    Towards a New Conception of Vocational Training

    by Christopher Winch ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
    This book provides an integrated treatment of the relationship between political economy and vocational education at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Approaching the subject from a philosophical perspective the author engages with debates about* the work-related aims of education * the moral and spiritual significance of work * the concep ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Vocational Education

    International Approaches, Developments and Systems

    Edited by Linda Clarke, Christopher Winch ...
    Vocational education and training (VET) have a key role to play in raising skill levels and improving a society’s productivity. In this important new book, a team of international experts argue that too often national VET policy has been formulated in ignorance of historical and political developments in other countries and without proper consideration of the social objectives that it might help ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Professions and Proficiency

    Edited by Johannes Glückler, Christopher Winch, Anna Mateja Punstein ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book takes an original view on the social production of knowledge in and across space. It explores how people build and transfer proficiency within and beyond the bounds of social groups. Social groups, such as professions, epistemic communities, or academic disciplines, collectively organize to help individuals gain understanding of and knowledge about specific subjects of ... Read more

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  • Education and Expertise

    Edited by Mark Addis, Christopher Winch ...
    Series series Journal of Philosophy of Education
    The relevance of expertise to professional education and practice is explored in this collection of original contributions from educationalists, philosophers and psychologists.Discusses the increasingly prominent debates about the nature of know-how in mainstream analytical epistemologyIlluminates what is involved in professional expertise and the implications of a sound understanding of ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Civil Society’s Education

    Reflections on the Informal Roots of Learning

    by Professor Christopher Winch ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Inquiries in Philosophy and Education
    This book examines the relationship between the educational activities of civil society and those of the state via three case studies in vocational education, political education, and educational markets. Winch argues that the narrower educational activities of the state cannot be understood independently of those that take place in civil society which consists of institutions such as families, ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

  • Dimensions of Expertise

    A Conceptual Exploration of Vocational Knowledge

    by Professor Christopher Winch ...
    A detailed philosophical debate on the nature of expertise is long overdue and Dimensions of Expertise opens up that debate. Christopher Winch firstly explores an account of know-how, derived primarily from the pioneering work of Gilbert Ryle, and moves on to relate this epistemological debate to discussions concerning the nature of expertise in vocational and professional education, including ... Read more

    $55.79 CAD