Epistemological Development of Education

Andrew Skourdoumbis is an associate professor of education. His research interests include teacher effectiveness research, critical policy analysis, teacher practice and educational performance, curriculum theory and research methodology. Andrew is interested in how reforms in the economy influence and impact teacher practice and the way that exacting methods of research govern teacher performance and effectiveness.Scott Webster was formally an associate professor in education and currently works in the field of higher education within the area of higher degree research methodology. His areas of research include educational philosophy, curriculum theory, teacher education and spirituality. He has written and edited books such as Caring Confrontations for Education and Democracy, Educating for Meaningful Lives, Understanding Curriculum: The Australian Context, Theory and Philosophy in Educational Research and Rethinking Reflection and Ethics for Teachers. He has also published in various international education research journals and presented at various international conferences.

• 1. The emergence of theorizing a "science of education" 2. Foucault, Bourdieu and education 3. The confines of education policy-making 4. Crisis and change 5. John Dewey, teachers and the educative experience today 6. Teacher identity and expertise – why it matters 7. Growth in and for what? 8. Innovative practice within the evidence-based matrix 9. Democratizing the epistemology of education 10. An epistemology of education to be embodied by educators