Athens has long been famed as the birthplace of democracy. But who actually had the power in Anci...

This textbook draws on most of the major theoretical positions but eschews the traditional, histo...

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In this volume Robin Barrow traces ancient education from the time of Homeric poems to the age of...

A user-friendly guide to the Philosophy of Education, its extent, its key thinkers and movements,...

It is widely agreed that education should involve the development of understanding, critical thin...

In this book, first published in 1991, the author Dr Robin Barrow adopts the view that utilitaria...

In this text, first published in 1993, Barrow decisively rejects the traditional assumption that ...

This book, first published in 1984, aims to bring together the interests of the theory and practi...

This book, first published in 1981, provides a penetrating and lucid introduction to the philosop...

This introductory text, now in its fifth edition, shows, first and foremost, the importance of ph...

This book, first published in 1984, aims to bring together the interests of the theory and practi...