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Burns, David P. – Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 2022
This analysis will argue that university educators have an ethical obligation to advocate for admission policies that are not exclusively competitive in nature -- what will be referred to later as levelling and remedy approaches. This argument will be detailed in four stages. First, it will use an anecdote and an appeal to virtue to argue that…
Descriptors: Ethics, College Admission, Educational Policy, Competition
Barrow, Robin – Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 2019
This essay argues for the urgent need for philosophy as the necessary first step in any educational undertaking. Philosophy is involved with making fine distinctions which are necessary to clarify concepts and terms. The paper focuses primarily on the problems with an overreliance on scientific research in the social sciences, with special…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Social Sciences, Scientific Research, Educational Research