John White is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Education at University College London Institute of Education, where he has worked since 1965. His interests are wide-ranging and include the aims of education, the curriculum and the mind of the learner.
The Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR) led by Becky Francis has now issued its Call for Evidence. The questions it asks focus on improvements in existing arrangements, having particularly in...
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This post is available to download as a PDF here. This post was written collaboratively by Oli Belas, John White, & the students who took the “Introduction to Educational Philosophy”...
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This post is available as a PDF here, and an audio recording below: The first online PESGB Annual Conference took place on September 3-5 2021. Given its success, I am sure...
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This post is available as a PDF here, and as an audio recording below: It was taken as read in its first years of life in the late 1960s that PESGB’s raison d’être was...
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On January 2 DfE announced that a new Institute for Teaching will be set up in England ‘to provide teachers and school leaders with prestigious training and development throughout their...
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John White launches the PESGB Blog with his thoughts on education, childhood, and frugality. A recording of John reading his piece can found here: And a recording of a Q&A...
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