Francis Schrag

Position title: Emeritus

Email: schrag@education.wisc.edu

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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