Philosophy in Educational Research

David Bridges has been a leading contributor to philosophy of education for several decades. He served as Chair of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain and was subsequently elected as an Honorary Vice President. In his efforts to build bridges to the mainstream educational research communities he co-founded and for several years convened the philosophy of education network of the European Education Research Association and the philosophy of education Special Interest Group of the British Education Research Association. He has published extensively in philosophical journals including the Journal of Philosophy of Education, Educational Theory, and Ethics and Education.In parallel with this philosophical work he has developed a substantial programme of empirical and multidisciplinary research, has directed or codirected some 28 research and/or evaluation projects over the last thirty years, including several international collaborations and was most recently Director of Research (Kazakhstan and Mongolia) in the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education. He sat for six years as a Council member of both the British and the European Education Research Associations, was elected as a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences and an overseas Fellow

• 1. Educational Research and Philosophy in ‘Interesting Times’.- PART 1: Educational Research and its Intellectual Resources.- PART 2: Education as Applied Research: Practice and Policy.- PART 3: Philosophy and Educational Research.- PART 4: Truth(s) in Educational Research.- PART 5: Ethics and Educational Research.- PART 6: Research Quality and its Assessment.- EPILOGUE.