Educational Foundations: A Book Symposium

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The scope and significance of educational foundations remains an abiding topic of philosophical interest and practical concern in education. The objective of the session is to bring together international scholars to stimulate exchange about the meaning of educational foundations and their role in educational scholarship, policy, professional practice, and teacher education. This symposium is based on a forthcoming book series, in which the same sequence of educational topics will be taken up through the lens of six disciplines: Philosophy, Sociology, Policy Studies, History, Economics, and Law. The series editors, who are philosophers of education, will discuss the selection of these disciplines, and five of the volume editors will discuss their field’s approach to educational foundations.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Philosophical Studies in Education

Chair

• Bruce Maxwell, Université de Montréal

Papers

• Series Editors' Introduction: Getting a Handle on Educational Foundations Today - Bruce Maxwell, Université de Montréal; Lauren Bialystok, University of Toronto - OISE

• Mapping the Field of Philosophical Foundations of Education - Winston Charles Thompson, The Ohio State University

• Mapping the Field of Historical Foundations of Education - Theodore Michael Christou, Queen's University - Kingston

• Mapping the Field of Sociological Foundations of Education - Claire Maxwell, University of Copenhagen

• Mapping the Field of Economic Foundations of Education - Álvaro Choi, Fundació Bosch i Gimpera CIF G08906653

• Mapping the Field of Legal Foundations of Education - Jason Blokhuis, University of Waterloo

Discussant

• Leonard J. Waks, Temple University