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Davis, Andrew – Ethics and Education, 2017
"It worked there. Will it work here?" We have to be able to identify the "it" in that aphoristic question. Classifications of teaching methods belong in the social realm, where human intentions play a fundamental role in how phenomena are categorized. The social realm is characterized with the help of John Searle. Social…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Classification, Educational Research, Research Problems
Davis, Andrew – Ethics and Education, 2015
PISA claims that it can extend its reach from its current core subjects of Reading, Science, Maths and problem-solving. Yet given the requirement for high levels of reliability for PISA, especially in the light of its current high stakes character, proposed widening of its subject coverage cannot embrace some important aspects of the social and…
Descriptors: International Assessment, High Stakes Tests, Reliability, Academic Achievement
Davis, Andrew – Ethics and Education, 2013
How far can consistent assessment capture all the worthwhile features of educational achievement? Are some important components of learning "necessarily" open to a range of potentially inconsistent judgments by different assessors? I argue for a cautiously affirmative answer to this question, drawing on analogies with aesthetic judgments…
Descriptors: Ethics, Evaluation Methods, Aesthetics, Validity
Davis, Andrew – Ethics and Education, 2010
Religious exclusivism, or the idea that only one religion can be true, fuels hatred and conflict in the modern world. Certain objections to religious pluralism, together with associated defences of exclusivism are flawed. I defend a moderate religious pluralism, according to which the truth of one religion does not automatically imply the falsity…
Descriptors: Conflict, Religion, Religious Education, Language Usage