Philosophical Reflections on Neuroscience and Education - (Bloomsbury Philosophy of Education) by William H Kitchen (Paperback)
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- Philosophical Reflections on Neuroscience and Education explores conceptual and normative questions about the recent programme which aims to underpin education with neuroscientific principles.
- About the Author: William H. Kitchen is a freelance educational researcher.
- 264 Pages
- Education, Educational Psychology
- Series Name: Bloomsbury Philosophy of Education
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Philosophical Reflections on Neuroscience and Education explores conceptual and normative questions about the recent programme which aims to underpin education with neuroscientific principles. By invoking philosophical ideas such as Bennett and Hacker's mereological fallacy, Wittgenstein's the first-person/third-person asymmetry principle and the notion of irreducible/constitutive uncertainty, William H. Kitchen offers a critique of the whole-sale adoption of neuroscience to education. He explores and reviews the role that neuroscience has started to play in educational policy and practice, and whether or not such a role is founded in coherent conceptual reasoning. Kitchen critically analyses the role which neuroscience can possibly play within educational discussions, and offers paradigmatic examples of how neuroscientific approaches have already found their way into educational practice and policy documents. By invoking the philosophical work primarily of Wittgenstein, he argues against the surge of neuroscientism within educational discourse and offers to clarify and elucidate core concepts in this area which are often misunderstood.Review Quotes
This book is invaluable as an antidote to the current dangerous emphasis on brain-based education, with its seductive rhetoric. It is a relief to read Kitchen's thorough, thought-provoking and lucid scrutiny of the phenomenon! The book should be read by anyone committed to the deflation of myths that will otherwise affect millions of pupils, as well as teachers and educators at all levels.
Anita Norlund, Associate Professor of Education, University of Borås, Sweden
About the Author
William H. Kitchen is a freelance educational researcher. He currently teaches mathematics at post-primary level in Northern Ireland, and has previously authored Authority and the Teacher (2014) with Bloomsbury.Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .55 Inches (D)
Weight: .82 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 264
Genre: Education
Sub-Genre: Educational Psychology
Series Title: Bloomsbury Philosophy of Education
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Author: William H Kitchen
Language: English
Street Date: May 30, 2019
TCIN: 1005552421
UPC: 9781350110922
Item Number (DPCI): 247-39-7589
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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