Christopher Winch

Practical Rationality, Learning and Convention (eBook, ePUB)

Essays in the Philosophy of Education

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The proposed volume covers Christopher Winch's work over a period of 37 years and illustrates four interconnected themes that have informed his thinking over that period. Writing from a Wittgensteinian perspective, Winch is primarily interested in applying Wittgenstein's general approach to philosophising to educational problems and puzzles of a variety of different kinds. Throughout the collection there is an emphasis on the complexity and subtlety of many of the philosophical problems associated with education, the importance of appreciating differences and the contestability of many educational judgements. Thus the volume starts with a section on rationality and argument and a discussion of some of the perplexities about the nature of literacy and whether it represents a cognitive 'leap forward' for the human race or whether it is more of an enabling technology. It is followed, in a reply to David Cooper, by an article that emphasises the importance of charitable interpretation in understanding reasoning and looks at some of the difficulties involved in understanding reasoning in informal contexts.

Winch's interest in rule-following and concept formation is the theme of the next few articles. Winch has long been interested in philosophical aspects of professional action and judgement. The third section of this book focuses on that preoccupation. Gilbert Ryle's ideas as well as Wittgenstein's have been a significant influence on this. This section closes with a discussion of the sense we can make of the claim that theoretical knowledge can inform agency in professional contexts. The fourth section gathers together seven papers on learning and training that Winch has published over the last 25 years. The overarching theme of this section is the highly variegated nature of the phenomena of learning and the difficulty of constructing a 'grand theory' of learning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839981937
• Artikelnr.: 63388343

Autorenporträt

Christopher Winch is currently professor of educational philosophy and policy in the School of Education, Communication and Society at King's College London.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface: A Brief Introduction to the Rationale for the Collection
Part I Rationality, Concepts and Conventions
Chapter One Education, Literacy and the Development of Rationality
Chapter Two Cooper, Labov, Larry and Charles
Chapter Three Do We Need Conventions?
Chapter Four Professional Education, Know- How and Conceptual Ability: The Role of Education in the Attainment of Concept Mastery in Professional Work
Part II Know-How and Vocational Education
Chapter Five Ryle on Knowing How and the Possibility of Vocational Education
Chapter Six Vocational Education, Knowing How and Intelligence Concepts
Chapter Seven Assessing Professional Know-How
Chapter Eight Education and Broad Concepts of Agency
Chapter Nine Knowing 'Wh' and Knowing How: Constructing Professional Curricula and Integrating Epistemic Fields
Chapter Ten Professional Knowledge, Expertise and Perceptual Ability
Chapter Eleven Applied Theoretical Knowledge and Professional and Vocational Education
Part III Learning and Training
Chapter Twelve Learning How to Learn: A Critique
Chapter Thirteen The Representational Theory of Learning and Its Pedagogic Relevance
Chapter Fourteen Curriculum Design and Epistemic Ascent
Chapter Fifteen Rousseau on Learning: A Re-Evaluation
Chapter Sixteen Learning the Virtues at Work
References
Index.