
DOCTORAL DEGREE:
Columbia University, Ed.D. Philosophy of Education, 1970.
ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST:
Philosophy of Education, Ethics, Social/Political Philosophy.
CURRENT AND RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- President of the Philosophy of Education Society of North America.
- Work on status of children in democratic theory.
RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:
Back to Basics: Fundamental educational questions reexamined. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.
“Diversity, Schooling and the Liberal State.” Studies in Philosophy and Education 17:29-46, 1998.
“Facts and Norms in Policy Scholarship.” Philosophy of Education, 2002.
COURSES TAUGHT:
- EPS 540: Modern Philosophies of Education
- EPS 548: Educational Ethics
- EPS 740: Educational Classics
- EPS 870: Theories of Social and Educational Change