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Christopher Winch
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  1. Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking.Christopher Winch - 2006 - Routledge.
    The concepts of autonomy and of critical thinking play a central role in many contemporary accounts of the aims of education. This book analyses their relationship to each other and to education, exploring their roles in mortality and politics before examining the role of critical thinking in fulfilling the educational aim of preparing young people for autonomy. The author analyses different senses of the terms 'autonomy' and 'critical thinking' and the implications for education. Implications of the discussion for contemporary practice (...)
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    The economic aims of education.Christopher Winch - 2002 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 36 (1):101–117.
    This article explains and defends the idea that economic aims of education are as legitimate as any other, particularly liberal, aims. A particular conception of education is developed, which involves a significant vocational aspect, with two aims: individual fulfilment through employment and social well-being through economic prosperity. This account is to be contrasted both with training, which may be an essential component of education but which is not to be identified with it, and also with instrumental forms of vocational education (...)
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  3. Ryle on knowing how and the possibility of vocational education.Christopher Winch - 2009 - Journal of Applied Philosophy 26 (1):88-101.
    abstract Ryle's claim that knowing how is distinct from knowing that is defended from critics like Stanley and Williamson and Snowdon. However, the way in which Ryle himself deploys this distinction is problematic. By effectively dismissing the idea that systematic propositional knowledge has a significant bearing on knowledge how, Ryle implicitly supports a view of vocational education that favours narrow notions of skill and associated training over knowledge informed occupational practice of the kind found in most Northern European countries. The (...)
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  4. The Philosophy of Human Learning.Christopher Winch - 1998 - Routledge.
    Christopher Winch launches a vigorous Wittgensteinian attack on both the "romantic" Rousseauian and the "scientific" cognitivist traditions in learning theory. These two schools, he argues, are more closely related than is commonly realized.
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    Assessing Professional Know‐How.Christopher Winch - 2016 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 50 (4):554-572.
    This article considers how professional knowledge should be assessed. It is maintained that the assessment of professional know-how raises distinctive issues from the assessment of know-how more generally. Intellectualist arguments which suggest that someone's giving an account of how to F should suffice for attributing to them knowledge of how to F are set out. The arguments fail to show that there is no necessary distinction between two kinds of know-how, namely the ability to F and knowing that w is (...)
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    Curriculum Design and Epistemic Ascent.Christopher Winch - 2013 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 47 (1):128-146.
    Three kinds of knowledge usually recognised by epistemologists are identified and their relevance for curriculum design is discussed. These are: propositional knowledge, know-how and knowledge by acquaintance. The inferential nature of propositional knowledge is argued for and it is suggested that propositional knowledge in fact presupposes the ability to know how to make appropriate inferences within a body of knowledge, whether systematic or unsystematic. This thesis is developed along lines suggested in the earlier work of Paul Hirst. The different kinds (...)
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  7. Key Concepts in the Philosophy of Education.Christopher Winch - 1999 - Routledge.
    In a clear and lively manner, this new reference explains all of the essential concepts used in contemporary and modern philosophy of education. It also provides invaluable background on the classic educational philosophy texts of Rousseau, Plato and others--readers will find coverage of seminal views on teaching, learning and indoctrination as well as such contemporary concepts as postmodernism, markets and school effectiveness . Students, researchers and anyone interested in contemporary education will be certain to want this unique and authoritative resource.
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    Curriculum Design and Epistemic Ascent.Christopher Winch - 2012 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 46 (4):128-146.
    Three kinds of knowledge usually recognised by epistemologists are identified and their relevance for curriculum design is discussed. These are: propositional knowledge, know-how and knowledge by acquaintance. The inferential nature of propositional knowledge is argued for and it is suggested that propositional knowledge in fact presupposes the ability to know how to make appropriate inferences within a body of knowledge, whether systematic or unsystematic. This thesis is developed along lines suggested in the earlier work of Paul Hirst. The different kinds (...)
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    Economic Aims of Education.Christopher Winch - 2002 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 36 (1):101-117.
    This article explains and defends the idea that economic aims of education are as legitimate as any other, particularly liberal, aims. A particular conception of education is developed, which involves a significant vocational aspect, with two aims: individual fulfilment through employment and social well-being through economic prosperity. This account is to be contrasted both with training, which may be an essential component of education but which is not to be identified with it, and also with instrumental forms of vocational education (...)
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    The role of critique in philosophy of education: Its subject matter and its ambiguities.Frieda Heyting & Christopher Winch - 2004 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 38 (3):311–321.
    The role of critique in the Anglophone analytical tradition of philosophy of education is outlined and some of its shortcomings are noted, particularly its apparent claim to methodological objectivity in arriving at what are clearly contestable positions about the normative basis of education. Many of these issues can be seen to have a long history within European, and especially German, philosophy of education. In the light of this the discussion moves on to a consideration of similarities and contrasts between the (...)
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    Work, well–being and vocational education: The ethical significance of work and preparation for work.Christopher Winch - 2002 - Journal of Applied Philosophy 19 (3):261–271.
  12. Philosophy and Educational Policy: A Critical Introduction.Christopher Winch & John Gingell - 2006 - British Journal of Educational Studies 54 (1):108-110.
     
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    Learning the virtues at work.Christopher Winch - 2010 - Ethics and Education 5 (2):173-185.
    An influential view of education is that it prepares young people for adult life, usually in the areas of civic engagement, leisure and contemplation. Employment may be a locus for learning some worthwhile skills and knowledge, but it is not itself the possible locus or one of the possible loci of a worthwhile life. This article disputes that view by drawing attention to those aspects of employment that make it potentially an aspect of a worthwhile life. The exercise and development (...)
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    Quality and Education.Christopher Winch - 1996 - Wiley-Blackwell.
    This book addresses major debates about quality in education, the role of the state and the nature of accountability in the public services, in philosophical and political arenas. It engages with major philosophical discussions, drawing out the relevant policy issues.
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  15. Autonomy as an educational aim.Christopher Winch - 1999 - In Roger Marples (ed.), The Aims of Education. Routledge. pp. 74--84.
     
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    Is Educational Research Any Use?John Gingell & Christopher Winch - 2006 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 25 (1):77-91.
    We begin by examining the widespread scepticism about the value of empirical educational research that is found within sections of the philosophy of education community. We argue that this scepticism, in its strongest form, is incoherent as it suggests that there are no educational facts susceptible of discovery. On the other hand, if there are such facts, then commonsense is not an adequate way of accessing them, due to its own contested and variable nature. We go on to examine the (...)
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    Apprenticeship and applied theoretical knowledge.Linda Clarke & Christopher Winch - 2004 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 36 (5):509–521.
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    Educational Assessment: reply to Andrew Davis.Christopher Winch & John Gingell - 1996 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 30 (3):377-388.
    Assessment is at the heart of teaching as it provides a necessary condition for judging success or failure. It is also necessary to ensure that providers of education are accountable to users and providers of resources. Inferential hazard is an inescapable part of any assessment procedure but cannot be an argument against assessment as such. Rich knowledge may be the aim of education but it does not follow that it is the aim of every stage of education. Teaching to tests (...)
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    Educational assessment: Reply to Andrew Davis.Christopher Winch & John Gingell - 1996 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 30 (3):377–388.
    Assessment is at the heart of teaching as it provides a necessary condition for judging success or failure. It is also necessary to ensure that providers of education are accountable to users and providers of resources. Inferential hazard is an inescapable part of any assessment procedure but cannot be an argument against assessment as such. Rich knowledge may be the aim of education but it does not follow that it is the aim of every stage of education. Teaching to tests (...)
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    What training do teachers need?: Why theory is necessary to good teaching.Janet Orchard & Christopher Winch - 2015 - Impact 2015 (22):1-43.
    Recent years have seen a concerted and systematic move towards a school-led system of initial teacher training in England. The role of universities, and particularly their part in engaging new teachers with educational theory, has been radically challenged. Only around half of new entrants to the profession now follow university-based training routes. These seismic changes to teacher education have been driven through with a minimum of formal consultation or public debate. In this urgent and compelling pamphlet, Janet Orchard and Christopher (...)
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    Introduction.Mark Addis & Christopher Winch - 2017 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 51 (3):557-573.
    This volume brings together a number of related contributions on the topic of expertise and education. Expertise is a topic that is beginning to receive more attention in the Philosophy of Education and discussions are closely related to the epistemological debate concerning the nature of know-how which has also burgeoned in recent years within ‘mainstream’ epistemology. More specifically, this volume focuses on the relevance of expertise to professional education and practice, with the aim on shedding light on what is involved (...)
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    What do teachers need to know about teaching? A critical examination of the occupational knowledge of teachers.Christopher Winch - 2004 - British Journal of Educational Studies 52 (2):180-196.
    Various attempts to specify the nature of professions in general and of teaching in particular in relation to the knowledge that is needed for practice are considered. It is argued that there is no epistemic or moral criterion of professionalism that will sustain the claim of teaching to be a profession. The nature of teachers' knowledge is examined and the relationship between theory and application is seen to be both crucial to and problematic in our understanding of the nature of (...)
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    Introduction.Christopher Winch & John Gingell - 2004 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 36 (5):479–483.
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    Reading and the process of reading.Christopher Winch - 1989 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 23 (2):303–315.
    Christopher Winch; Reading and the Process of Reading, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 23, Issue 2, 30 May 2006, Pages 303–315, https://doi.org/10.11.
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    Education and Broad Concepts of Agency.Christopher Winch - 2014 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 46 (6):1-15.
    Drawing on recent debates about the relationship between propositional and practical knowledge, this article is concerned with broad concepts of agency. Specifically, it is concerned with agency that involves the forming and putting into effect of intentions over relatively extended periods, particularly in work contexts (called, for want of a better term, ?project management?). The main focus of interest is thus not on ?know-how? in the sense of ability to perform types of tasks but on the ability to form and (...)
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    Work, the aims of life and the aims of education: A reply to Clarke and Mearman.Christopher Winch - 2004 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 38 (4):633–638.
    The main points made by Clarke and Mearman about Winch's article ‘The Economic Aims of Education’ are taken up and discussed. My argument is that work is not necessarily a disutility, although paid employment can be when it is undertaken in conditions that are not fulfilling. Life aims are not the same as educational aims, although educational aims (as opposed to specific curricular aims) are life aims, and can include vocational preparation, a position endorsed in the later writings of R. (...)
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    The representational theory of learning and its pedagogic relevance.Christopher Winch - 1997 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 29 (2):67–82.
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    Sphere Pluralism and Critical Individuality.T. Puolimatka, Sphere Pluralism & Christopher Winch - 2004 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 23 (1):21-39.
    While discussing critical individuality as oneof the main goals of liberal education, theemphasis has usually been on direct educationalmeasures. Much less attention has been given tothe social preconditions for its development.This paper discusses the societal aspect of thequestion by employing the notion of spherepluralism. The attempt is to point out someways in which the diversified nature of societycan be employed in its full potential for thedevelopment of critical individuality. Thearticle aims to outline a form of spherepluralism, which is based on (...)
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    Accountability and relevance in educational research.Christopher Winch - 2001 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 35 (3):443–459.
    Educational research has been criticised recently for being poorly conceived, self-indulgent and of little practical use. These allegations are discussed via an overview of the various functions of educational research: the production of knowledge about education, the formulation of educational policy, the promotion of improvements in educational practice, the promotion of radical change in society. The responsibilities of educational researchers are then discussed: proper attention to the functions of educational research, accountability for monies spent, recognition of responsibility for their activities. (...)
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    Professional Knowledge, Expertise and Perceptual Ability.Christopher Winch - 2017 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 51 (3):673-688.
  31. Learning how to learn: A critique.Christopher Winch - 2008 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 42 (3-4):649-665.
    The claim that 'learning how to learn' is the central ability required for young people to be effective 'lifelong learners' is examined for various plausible interpretations. It is vacuous if taken to mean that we need to acquire a capacity to learn, since we necessarily have this if we are to learn anything. The claim that it is a specific ability is then looked at. Once again, if we acquire an ability to learn we do not need the ability to (...)
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    Three Different Conceptions of Know‐How and their Relevance to Professional and Vocational Education.Christopher Winch - 2013 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 47 (2):281-298.
    This article discusses three related aspects of know-how: skill, transversal abilities and project management abilities, which are often not distinguished within either the educational or the philosophical literature. Skill or the ability to perform tasks is distinguished from possession of technique which is a necessary but not sufficient condition for possession of a skill. The exercise of skill, contrary to much opinion, usually involves character aspects of agency. Skills usually have a social dimension and are subject to normative appraisal. Transversal (...)
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    Education, Work and Social Capital: Towards a New Conception of Vocational Education. A response to Richard Barrett.Christopher Winch - 2004 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 23 (1):73-80.
  34. Education and constructivism.Christopher Winch - 1998 - In David Carr (ed.), Education, Knowledge, and Truth: Beyond the Postmodern Impasse. Routledge. pp. 191.
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  35. Nozick on security and sustainability.Christopher Winch - 2008 - In Stephen Gough & Andrew Stables (eds.), Sustainability and Security Within Liberal Societies: Learning to Live with the Future. Routledge. pp. 70.
  36. Why careers education is part of education.Christopher Winch - 2015 - In Michael Hand & Richard Davies (eds.), Education, Ethics and Experience: Essays in Honour of Richard Pring. Routledge.
     
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    Vocational education? A liberal interpretation.Christopher Winch - 1995 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 14 (4):401-415.
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    Wittgenstein on training: Comment on Norm Friesen’s ‘Training and Abrichtung’: Wittgenstein as a tragic philosopher of education?Christopher Winch - 2018 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 51 (1):63-69.
    The view of Wittgenstein as a ‘tragic’ philosopher of education is examined. Friesen’s claim rests on an interpretation of the way in which Wittgenstein uses the German term ‘Abrichtung’. This involves the claim that Wittgenstein saw training activities closely analogous to the breaking of an animal’s will. Close examination of various of the later texts of Wittgenstein and comparison of the original German with the English translation does not bear out this claim. Wittgenstein used ‘Abrichtung’ and related terms in his (...)
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    Innatism, Concept Formation, Concept Mastery and Formal Education.Christopher Winch - 2015 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 49 (4):539-556.
    This article will consider the claim that the possession of concepts is innate rather than learned. Innatism about concept learning is explained through consideration of the work of Fodor and Chomsky. First, an account of concept formation is developed. Second the argument against the claim that concepts are learned through the construction of a learning paradox developed by Fodor is considered. It is argued that, despite initial plausibility, the learning paradox is not, in fact, a paradox at all as it (...)
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    Accountability and Relevance in Educational Research.Christopher Winch - 2001 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 35 (3):443-459.
    Educational research has been criticised recently for being poorly conceived, self-indulgent and of little practical use. These allegations are discussed via an overview of the various functions of educational research: the production of knowledge about education, the formulation of educational policy, the promotion of improvements in educational practice, the promotion of radical change in society. The responsibilities of educational researchers are then discussed: proper attention to the functions of educational research, accountability for monies spent, recognition of responsibility for their activities. (...)
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    Research in Vocational Education and Training.Christopher Winch - 2012 - British Journal of Educational Studies 60 (1):53-63.
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    Representation and education: Reply to McKenzie.Christopher Winch - 2002 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 34 (3):353–356.
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    Occupational identity and vocational education.Christopher Winch - 2003 - Educational Philosophy and Theory 35 (1):117–121.
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    Founding German vocational education: Kerschensteiner, Spranger and Fischer as key figures in the classical German VET theory.Dina Kuhlee, Christian Steib & Christopher Winch - 2022 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 56 (3):383-398.
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    Vocational and Civic Education: Whither British Policy?Christopher Winch - 2012 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 46 (4):603-618.
    The current crisis in British VET (Vocational Education and Training) is explained in terms of the decline of opportunities beyond preparation for university for young people after school. The continuing large numbers of ‘NEETS’ (those not in employment, education or training) is but one aspect of this problem: much larger is the decline in good quality VET opportunities for those who do not intend to go to university. A very important element in the problem is a misunderstanding of the relationship (...)
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    Ability, intelligence and practical education.Christopher Winch - 1988 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 22 (1):35–45.
    Christopher Winch; Ability, Intelligence and Practical Education, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 22, Issue 1, 30 May 2006, Pages 35–45, https://doi.
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    Christopher Winch and Peter Wells,Nene College, Northampton.Christopher Winch & Peter Wells - 1995 - British Journal of Educational Studies 43 (1):75-87.
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    Knowing ‘Wh’ and Knowing How: Constructing Professional Curricula and Integrating Epistemic Fields.Christopher Winch - 2017 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 51 (2):351-369.
    Much of the debate on the nature of knowing how has been concerned with whether it is to be conceived of as an ability or as the possession of propositional knowledge, perhaps in a practical form. Comparatively little has been written about knowing wh constructions and the ways in which they do or do not fit into this debate. Do such debates have any bearing on the practical concerns of the educators of professionals? This paper considers the case of Knowing (...)
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    Markets, educational opportunities and education: Reply to Tooley.Christopher Winch - 1998 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 32 (3):429–436.
    James Tooley argues that educational institutions offer educational opportunities rather than provide education. On this basis he claims that education can be offered without state intervention. It is argued here that education is not about the provision of opportunities but about preparation for life, and preparation for life is not an option among others. The consequences of this view are drawn out and it is argued that universal education can only be reliably provided by a central body such as the (...)
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    Women, reason and education.Christopher Winch - 1985 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 19 (1):91–98.
    Christopher Winch; Women, Reason and Education, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 19, Issue 1, 30 May 2006, Pages 91–98, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467.
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