目次

Introduction; Part 1 - Aims, Values and Standards; 1. Education as aMoral Practice; 2. Educating Persons; 3. The Aim of Education: Liberal orVocational?; 4. The Context of Education: Monastery or Market Place?; 5.Subject-centred Versus Child-centred Education - a False Dualism; 6.Standards and Quality in Education; 7. Faith Schools: Can they be Justified?;Part 2 - Philosophy, Common Sense and Educational Theory; 8. The Language ofCurriculum Analysis; 9. Common Sense and Education; 10. Philosophy ofEducation and Educational Practice; Part 3 - Educational Research; 11.Evidence Based Policy and Practice; 12. Truth, Knowledge and Power; 13.Knowledge out of Control; 14. The 'False Dualism' of Educational Research;15. The Virtues of an Educational Researcher; 16. The Future of EducationalResearch; Conclusion.