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Happiness by Robin Barrow
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £22.95The first part of the book reviews empirical work relating to happiness (including attitudinal studies), claims made in an educational context and postwar philosophical treatment of the concept... -
Plato and Education by Robin Barrow
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £49.51This introduction to Plato's philosophical and educational thought examines Plato's views and relates them to issues and questions that occupy philosophers of education. Robin Barrow stresses the... -
Happiness by Robin Barrow 9780415695817
Booksplease Price: £39.68The first part of the book reviews empirical work relating to happiness (including attitudinal studies), claims made in an educational context and postwar philosophical treatment of the concept... -
Plato by Robin Barrow 9781472504852
Booksplease Price: £39.39Plato was the first and most formidable thinker to recognise that education is a fiercely contested concept, and to point out what great social and personal issues are at stake in education. He... -
An Introduction to Philosophy of Education by Robin Barrow
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.80This introductory text, now in its fifth edition, is a classic in its field. It shows, first and foremost, the importance of philosophy in educational debate and as a background to any practical... -
Athenian Democracy by Robin Barrow 9781853995767
Booksplease Price: £24.88Athens has long been famed as the birthplace of democracy. But who actually had the power in Ancient Athens? And was the democracy an unqualified success? Tracing the development of democracy from... -
Moral Philosophy for Education by Robin Barrow
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.34Teachers and students are frequently confused as to the relevance of abstract philosophical theorising to the reality of the classroom and this book is distinctive for the attention it devotes to... -
The Philosophy of Schooling by Robin Barrow 9781138925786
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £35.44This book, first published in 1981, provides a penetrating and lucid introduction to the philosophy of education. The emphasis on schooling rather than education draws attention to the broad spectrum... -
Common Sense and the Curriculum by Robin Barrow 9781138008410
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.34This book addresses the question 'What should be taught in schools and why?'. The book begins by stressing the way in which such a question should be approached and goes on to offer a comprehensive... -
Language, Intelligence, and Thought by Robin Barrow 9781138925847
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £37.99In this text, first published in 1993, Barrow decisively rejects the traditional assumption that intelligence has no educational significance and contends instead that intelligence is developed by... -
Greek and Roman Education by Robin Barrow 9781853995118
Booksplease Price: £22.93In this volume Robin Barrow traces ancient education from the time of Homeric poems to the age of St. Augustine. Without minimising differences between educational practice of particular periods or... -
Utilitarianism: A Contemporary Statement by Robin Barrow 9781138925809
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £37.99In this book, first published in 1991, the author Dr Robin Barrow adopts the view that utilitarianism is the most coherent and persuasive ethical theory we have and argues in favour of a specific... -
An Introduction to Moral Philosophy and Moral Education by Robin Barrow
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £36.66This book presents and argues for a moral theory which draws on most of the major theoretical positions to some degree, but it also spells out the limits and boundaries of a moral theory. In doing... -
Radical Education: A Critique of Freeschooling and Deschooling by Robin Barrow
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £49.51This volume is a comprehensive critique of the radical tradition in educational theory. It traces the development of the key ideas in radical literature from Rousseau to the present day. Two opening... -
Understanding Skills: Thinking, Feeling, and Caring by Robin Barrow 9781138933996
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.34It is widely agreed that education should involve the development of understanding, critical thinking, imagination, and emotions. However, this book, first published in 1990, argues that our views to... -
Injustice, Inequality and Ethics: A Philosophical Introduction to Moral Problems by Robin Barrow
RRP: £105.00Booksplease Price: £91.55Abortion, distribution of wealth, civil disobedience, reverse discrimination, sex-role stereotyping, censorship - what does philosophy have to contribute to these practical moral issues? In this... -
Education and the Common Good: Essays in Honor of Robin Barrow by John Gingell 9781138286542
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £26.09Robin Barrow has been one of the leading philosophers of education for more than forty years. This book is a critical but appreciative examination of his work by some of the leading philosophers of... -
Education and the Common Good: Essays in Honor of Robin Barrow by John Gingell 9780415518345
RRP: £105.00Booksplease Price: £92.37Robin Barrow has been one of the leading philosophers of education for more than forty years. This book is a critical but appreciative examination of his work by some of the leading philosophers of... -
Giving Teaching Back to Teachers: A Critical Introduction to Curriculum Theory by Robin Barrow
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £49.04This book, first published in 1984, aims to bring together the interests of the theory and practice of the education system and, within the former, relate the approaches and claims of the constituent... -
Injustice, Inequality and Ethics: A Philisophical Introduction to Moral Problems by Robin Barrow 9781138925717
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £25.24Abortion, distribution of wealth, civil disobedience, reverse discrimination, sex-role stereotyping, censorship - what does philosophy have to contribute to these practical moral issues? In this... -
Plato, Utilitarianism and Education (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 3) by Robin Barrow
RRP: £55.99Booksplease Price: £50.37Three lines of argument are central to this book: that Plato's views as expounded in the Republic indicate that he was a utilitarian; that utilitarianism is the only acceptable ethical theory; that... -
Biophysical Chemistry: Membranes and Proteins by Robin Leatherbarrow 9780854048519
RRP: £89.95Booksplease Price: £75.69In the post-genomic world, advances in the comprehension of cell behaviour will depend upon scientists deciphering the molecular basis of interactions between proteins and membranes. Bringing... -
Education, Ethics and Experience: Essays in honour of Richard Pring by Michael Hand 9780815396635
RRP: £47.99Booksplease Price: £43.51Education, Ethics and Experience is a collection of original philosophical essays celebrating the work of one of the most influential philosophers of education of the last 40 years. Richard Pring's... -
Critical Reflections on Teacher Education: Why Future Teachers Need Educational Philosophy by Howard Woodhouse 9780367714055
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £35.80Critical Reflections on Teacher Education argues that educational philosophy can improve the quality of teacher education programs in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The book...