Rethinking the Education Improvement Agenda: A Critical Philosophical Approach

by Nick Peim and Kevin J. Flint

Book Overview

Offering a philosophical perspective to the educational improvement agenda, this engaging text provides a new language for research into educational improvement, bringing leading-edge philosophy to current practice.

Drawing on philosophical work, including that of Derrida, Foucault and Heidegger, the authors deconstruct the ethic of improvement before exploring key dimensions of education, its institutions and technologies. Each chapter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441129731
• ISBN13: 9781441129734
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.5"