We have a powerful conversation with Paul Standish (Institute of Education, University College London) about the winding shape of an academic career and the profundity of the act of teaching.
We welcome Chris Higgins (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign) to the program as he describes "self-full" teaching and highlights the need for both rigor and relevance in philosophy of education. In describing the value of liberal study in teacher education, Higgins shares with us a very promising account of the enduring importance of pedagogy.
Ron Glass (University of California, Santa Cruz) draws our attentions to the difficulties of embodied ideologies and the educational fight against racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression. Learn more about his work through the UC Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California (CCREC).
Ann Chinnery (Simon Fraser University) visits us to discuss being a responsive moral subject, being situated in a historical context, and the value of perseverance in reading difficult yet compelling primary sources.
David Hansen (Teachers College, Columbia University) provides an invitation to reconsider the abiding human dimensions of educational research. For more details of his scholarship, please visit his webpage.
Charles "Bing" Bingham (Simon Fraser University) joins us for a rewarding conversation about the lived experiences that ground his work in philosophy of education. Through this, he kindly gives listeners a fine introduction to critical approaches to education. Please see more of his work and learn of his interests at his blog.
Kathleen Knight-Abowitz (Miami University) converses with us about the trajectory of her critical pragmatist scholarship and its connections to educational leadership. Her inquiries into notions of community and the democratic purposes of public education offer an exciting perspective on quite relevant moral and political questions.
Against the beautiful backdrop of the sounds of a bustling city, we welcome Eduardo Duarte (Hofstra University). In this conversation, he reminds us of the value of wedding the experimental character of philosophy on education to the unpredictable circumstances of a real and dynamic world.
Alexander “Sasha” Sidorkin is currently Dean of Graduate School of Education at the National Research University-Higher School of Economics in Moscow. Please access his site, which includes texts of most of his publications, and his blog, “The Russian Bear’s Diaries”.
Gert Biesta's work is internationally read, engaged, and revered. He very graciously sits down with us this episode, as we talk about his entry into education and the possibilities that still exist for this beautiful (and risky) endeavor.
We boldly enter the new year with a rich conversation with Michele Moses (University of Colorado Boulder). Her philosophical work on educational policy takes race and ethnicity seriously, building upon her abiding commitments to equality of educational opportunity. Interested listeners will be pleased to learn that, Affirmative Action Matters: creating opportunities for students around the world, is now available.
Join us for a terrifically thoughtful conversation with Harry Brighouse (University of Wisconsin, Madison). We discuss his work on the distribution of educational opportunities and the rights of parents and schools relative to children's emerging values. Please see his book, Family Values, for a more full articulation of those views.
We are very glad to welcome Claudia Ruitenberg (University of British Columbia) to the program. Her rigorous work on hospitality and fine thinking on health professions education deserve careful attention. Please become better acquainted with her scholarship.
We are thrilled to have Sigal Ben-Porath (University of Pennsylvania) join us for a discussion of her work in and perspectives on philosophy of education. For more information on the ideas shared in this episode, please visit her website.
The impressive Barbara Stengel (Vanderbilt University) delivers a very stirring set of ideas in this episode. For more on the ideas mentioned in this conversation, please consider her book, Moral Matters, and/or her paper, "Educating Capitalists".
The acclaimed Randall Curren (University of Rochester; University of Birmingham; Royal Institute of Philosophy) is our guest this episode. Curren's comments on interdisciplinary work and collaboration ought to be especially generative for listeners. For more on his captivating ideas, please see his inaugural lecture on Meaning, Motivation and the Good.
We are excited about this thought-provoking conversation with the inimitable Lawrence Blum (University of Massachusetts Boston). Please learn more about his very compelling work.
We're extremely fortunate to have Meira Levinson (Harvard University) on the program as our very first guest! For further information related to the ideas discussed, please do not hesitate to become more familiar with her publications and her new Justice in Schools project.