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Centre for Philosophy of Education

Drawing together research and collaboration to examine philosophical approaches in education.

Head of centre: Professor
Operational Director:听笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听

Our centre is committed to rigorous exploitation of a variety of philosophical approaches, encompassing such topics as the aims of education, teaching, learning, and the curriculum, democracy, citizenship, philosophy with children, new technology, and the environment.

About us聽

Background

Philosophy has been essential to the work of IOE聽since its inception.

When practical questions in education are pursued rigorously, they typically lead to philosophical enquiry, into the nature of knowledge, the characteristics of the just society, and the nature of the good life. But such questions involve not only ethics, epistemology, and politics, but also metaphysical matters, to do with subjectivity, objectivity, and truth.

IOE has, through the decades, been in the vanguard of the development and dissemination of work in the field. Its Centre for Philosophy draws together research across the range of聽IOE as well as showcasing our extensive connections in the field.

Members of the Centre are active in leading international organisations in the field, including:

Our staff

Core Philosophy staff

  • David Bakhurst, Visiting Professor
  • Ruth Cigman
  • John White

Invited members from across IOE

  • Ronald Barnett
  • Gerald Grace
  • Ruth Heilbronn
  • Yvonne Reynolds

Associate members

Leading members of philosophy and related departments in other universities:

  • Larry Blum, University of Massachusetts
  • Vincent Colapietro, Pennsylvania State University
  • David Cooper, Durham University
  • Andrew Feenberg, Simon Fraser University
  • Professor Larry Hickman, Center for Dewey Studies and Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • Michael Luntley, Warwick University
  • Susan Mendus, York University
  • Adrian Moore, Oxford University
  • Daniele Moyal-Sharrock, President, British Wittgenstein Society
  • Adam Swift, UCL
  • Ken Westphal, University of East Anglia
  • Meredith Williams, Johns Hopkins University
  • Jonathan Wolff, Oxford University

Study with us聽

Programmes

We support research students and training through:

  • The Doctoral School - Research Training Programme, the EdD programme and postdoctoral fellowship
  • Research Days for doctoral students in philosophy of education which are held on a termly basis. These include reading sessions and opportunities for students to present their work.

For more info contact Jan Derry:聽j.derry@ucl.ac.uk

Master's degrees

Activities

Our academic staff publish, teach and speak widely on a range of topical educational issues, including:

  • the arts and creativity
  • character education
  • citizenship and belonging
  • the humanities
  • human rights
  • inclusion, disability and special educational needs
  • knowledge and the curriculum
  • language and translation
  • race and racism
  • technology
  • student-teacher relationships.
Our research

Examples of research carried out at the centre include:

  • "An evaluation of the use of Philosophy for Children in Southwark primary schools" for Southwark Local Education Authority - Jan Derry, Karen Spence-Thomas and Carol Taylor.
  • "The Morality of School choice; An Exploration of British Social Attitudes" - Sonia Exley and Judith Suissa.
  • "Changing Discourses of the Parent-Child Relationship" - an AHRC funded interdisciplinary seminar series - Judith Suissa and Stefan Ramaekers.
  • "Should patriotism be promoted, tolerated or discouraged in British schools?" - Michael Hand, Director of the Nuffield Foundation project.
  • Philosophy of Technology Enhanced Learning special interest group - Jan Derry.

See details on:

, IRIS to find more about our researchers, publications, activities, groups and themes.

Public engagement
  • . Interview with Judith Suissa. Huffington Post Spanish edition, 14 Dec 2020
  • . Incite seminar,聽June 27 2020. Presentation by Judith Suissa
  • 聽Reimagining the university and pedagogies of hope seminar, University of Middlesex, July 16 2020.聽Presentation by Judith Suissa
  • Children, parents, and non-parents: To whom does the future belong? European Research Network About Parents in Education 12th Conference,聽Poland, 18 - 20 September 2019. Presentation by Judith Suissa
  • A Problem for Cognitive Load Theory - the Distinctively Human Life-Form.聽PESGB Annual Conference 2019. IOE. Keynote by Jan Derry
  • .聽Fifth International Conference on Philosophies of Education and Critical Pedagogy.聽Pontif铆cia Universidade Cat贸lica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, June 2019. Keynote聽by Judith Suissa
  • . E-International Relations, 2019
  • Knowledge in education: Why philosophy matters, IOE, 22 May 2018. Lecture by Jan Derry
  • . Navigating finance and the imagination聽walking assembly, 14 April聽2018. Presentation by聽Judith Suissa
  • Understanding the use and integration of assistive technology for students with additional needs. University of Edinburgh workshop, 18聽June 2018. Presented by Professor Jan Derry
  • Democracy, the future and Progressive Education.聽Common Roots Alternative Education Festival, May 2017. Talk by聽Judith Suissa
  • 聽(YouTube video). Danish Philosophy Association Conference, 2017. Keynote lecture by聽Paul Standish
  • . Editor Interviews, 28 February 2017. Interview with John White and Judith Suissa
  • Testimony, Holocaust Education and Epistemic Injustice.聽Winchester Holocaust Education symposium,聽Feb.聽2017.聽Presentation by Judith Suissa
  • 聽 (YouTube video).聽ECER, 2016. Keynote by聽Paul Standish
  • 'Something Animal',聽in Symposium: Memory, Language, Instinct.聽.聽Keynote lecture by聽Paul Standish
  • Wittgenstein鈥檚 Impact on the Philosophy of Education. .聽Keynote lecture by聽Paul Standish
  • 聽(YouTube video).聽Kyoto International Frontiers of Educational Research (2016). Presentation by聽Paul Standish
  • 聽(YouTube video). Kyoto International Frontiers of Educational Research (2016).聽Presentation by聽Paul Standish
  • 聽(YouTube video).聽Kyoto International Frontiers of Educational Research (2016).聽Presentation by聽Paul Standish
  • 聽(YouTube video).聽Kyoto International Frontiers of Educational Research (2015).聽Presentation by聽Paul Standish
  • 聽(YouTube video).聽Kyoto International Frontiers of Educational Research (2014).聽Presentation by聽Paul Standish
  • 聽(YouTube Video). Kyoto International Frontiers of Educational Research (2014).聽Presentation by聽Paul Standish
Publications
  • Derry, J. (2020). .聽Journal of Philosophy of Education聽54 (1), 5-22. doi:10.1111/1467-9752.12411
  • Standish, P. (2020).聽. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 54.2
  • Suissa, J. (2020).聽.聽Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, doi: 10.1080/01596306.2020.1743646
  • Suissa, J. (2020).
  • Standish, P. (2019). .聽in: M. Papastefanou (ed.) Just Curious About Curiosity (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Standish, P. (2019).聽聽Educational Studies in Japan
  • Standish, P. (2019).聽.聽in: H. Appelqvist (ed.) Wittgenstein and the Limits of Language, London: Routledge
  • Standish, P. (2019). . Journal of Philosophy of Education
  • Standish, P. (2019).聽. European Educational Research Journal, 18.5, 546-558
  • Suissa, J. (2019). . In C. Levy, M. Adams (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism. Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan聽
  • Suissa, J. (2019). . FORUM, 61 (2), 225. doi:10.15730/forum.2019.61.2.225
  • Suissa, J. (2019). . Studies in Philosophy and Education. doi:10.1007/s11217-019-09662-3
  • Suissa, J. and Chetty, D. (2019).聽
  • Suissa, J. and Chetty, D. (2019). .聽Ethics and Education Journal
  • Derry, J. (2018). .聽IOE Press聽
  • Herring, C., and Standish, P. (2018) Displacing the one: Dislocated thinking in higher education, in: J. Leigh (ed.) Conversations on Embodiment Across Higher Education: Teaching, Practice and Research, London: Routledge.
  • Standish, P. (2018). . Journal of Philosophy of Education, 52.3
  • Saito, N., Standish, P.聽and Imai, Y. (2018).聽.聽Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press
  • Yun, S., and Standish, P. (2018).聽, in S. Smedegaard Bengtsen and R. Barnett (eds), The Thinking University, London: Taylor and Francis
  • Derry, J. (2017). . Mathematics Education Research Journal. doi:10.1007/s13394-017-0193-7聽
  • Suissa, J. (2017). . In P. Smeyers (Ed.), Springer International Handbook of Philosophy of Education. Netherlands
  • Suissa, J. (2017). . Policy Futures in Education. doi:10.1177/1478210317721279
  • Suissa, J. and聽Charkin, E. (2017). . In U. Gordon, R. Kinna (Eds.), Routledge handbook of radical politics. London, UK: Routledge.
  • Suissa, J. (2015). , 10 (1). doi:10.1080/17449642.2014.998030
  • Derry, J. (2013). . Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Suissa, J. (2013). . Journal of Philosophy of Education, 47 (1), 1-19
  • Suissa, J. and聽Ramaekers, S. (2012). . Contemporary philosophies and theories in education. Dordrecht: Springer
Seminars

The Philosophy Centre runs a weekly Philosophy of Education Research Seminar, in conjunction with the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, every Wednesday evening during term time.

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Centre for Philosophy of Education
Department of Education, Practice and Society
IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society
University College London
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