PESGB is a learned society that promotes the study, teaching and application of philosophy of education.
The Society organises and supports conference and seminars, many organised by its network of over 20 regional branches in the UK and beyond.
The Society also supports research and scholarship in the field through its grants schemes.
(Keats Listening to a Nightingale on Hampstead Heath by Joseph Severn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) Education should instil a certain...
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(Above is an audio recording of the blog post) But sometimes, on the contrary, it is necessary to make holes, to introduce voids and white spaces, to rarify the image, by suppressing many...
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(Above is an audio recording of the blog post) There are two ways of reading a book. You can read it to understand what the author says with it. Or you can read it to see what you can do with...
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European Seminars in Philosophy of Education (ESPE) This seminar will deal with the theme: Fragile Futures: Technology, Responsibility and the Idea of Education.
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An Inferentialist Reading of Play: Agency as Self-Determination Sarah Oatney-Weiler (UCL) Notwithstanding the extensive research on children’s play and pedagogy, and an emergent literature on...
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The Failure of Techno-Efficiency and the Reordering of Philosophical Values in Education Michael Burdett, University of Nottingham Enquiries to dpm50@cam.ac.uk) In this work Michael Burdett...
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Journal of Philosophy of Education publishes articles representing a wide variety of philosophical traditions. They vary from examination of fundamental philosophical issues in their connection with education, to detailed critical engagement with current educational practice or policy from a philosophical point of view.
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Written by leading general philosophers and philosophers of education, IMPACT pamphlets bring philosophical perspectives to bear on current education policy in the UK. They are addressed directly to policy-makers, politicians and practitioners, though will be of interest also to researchers and students working on education policy.
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