Markets, Managers and Theory in Education

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Overview of Argument -- Notes and References -- Chapter 1 Theoretical Origins -- The Hirst-O'Connor Debate -- Analytic Philosophy of Education -- Empiricist Foundationalist Epistemology -- The Professionalization of Educational Theory -- Notes and References -- Chapter 2 Practical Implications -- Vocationalism -- Consumerism -- Managerialism -- An Imaginary Example of Curriculum Development -- Notes and References -- Chapter 3 Towards Interpretive Coherence -- Empiricist Research -- The Idea of Coherence within a Network of Theory -- Materialist Pragmatism -- Notes and References -- Chapter 4 Rationality -- Why Objectivism is Impossible -- Practical Knowledge and Relativism -- T.S. Kuhn's Account of Natural Science -- Commensurability -- Theory and Practical Interest -- Notes and References -- Chapter 5 Hermeneutics -- Gadamer's Hermeneutics -- Habermass and Critical Theory -- Action Research -- Notes and References -- Chapter 6 A Philosophical Alternative -- Curriculum -- Teaching -- Educational Theory -- The Validation of Educational Theory -- Notes and References -- Conclusion -- Objectivism Continued -- Objectivism Challenged -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Index