Professor Carr has previously worked as a History teacher in a variety of secondary schools. His research interests are in the philosophy of education, educational research methodology and education and political theory. He is Honorary Vice-President of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain and a Managing Editor of the journal Pedagogy, Culture and Society.

• Introduction: What is the Philosophy of Education Part 1: Philosophy and Education 1. Philosophy and Educational Policy: Possibilities Tensions and Tasks 2. Philosophy and Education 3. Feminism, Epistemology and Education Part 2: The Aims of Education 4. Autonomy as an Educational Aim5. Self-Determination as an Educational Aim 6. The Politics of Identity and Epiphanies of Learning7. Education, the Market and the Nature of Personal Well-BeingPart 3: Politics and Education 8. Liberal Values and Liberal Education 9. The Politics of Difference and Common Education 10. Rethinking Democracy and Education: Towards an Education of Deliberative Citizens Part 4: Educational Policy 11. What's the Good of Education? 12. Imagining Futures: The Public School and Possibility 13. The Limits of Aesthetic Separatism: Literary Education and Michael Oakeshott's Philosophy of Art14. Inclusion vs Fairness Part 4: The Moral Dimensions of Teaching 15. Education as a Moral Practice 16. Parts of Judgement: The Revival of Practical Wisdom 17. Moral Language and Pedagogical Experience18. Ethics Before Equality: Moral Education after Levinas

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