Professor Wilfred Carr
Professor of Philosophy of Education
Tel: +44 114 222 8085
Fax: +44 114 279 6236
Email: w.carr@sheffield.ac.uk
RESEARCH INTERESTS
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Wilfred researches in the philosophy of education. His main interests surround a range of philosophical questions concerning the nature of `education´ and their significance for the ways in which educational theory, practice and research are currently interpreted and understood.
TEACHING
Wilfred teaches on:
- the MA in Educational Policy and Practice
- the Sheffield EdD
- the Caribbean doctoral programmes
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Wilfred researches in the philosophy of education. His main interests surround a range of philosophical questions concerning the nature of `education´ and their significance for the ways in which educational theory, practice and research are currently interpreted and understood.
TEACHING
Wilfred teaches on:
OTHER EXPERIENCES
Wilfred has been the Head of the School of Education on two occasions (1996-2002 and 2005-06), Dean of the Faculty of Educational Studies (1993-95) and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences (2003-05).
DISTINCTIONS/ACTIVITIES
- Honorary Professor of Education in the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney
- Honorary Vice-President of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain and member of its National Executive.
- Managing Editor of the journal, Pedagogy, Culture and Society.
INDICATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Carr, W.(ed) (2005) The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the Philosophy of Education, London, Routledge, 237 pp.
Carr, W and Hartnett, A.(1996) Education and the Struggle for Democracy, Cassell, London.
Carr, W (1995) For Education: Towards Critical Educational Inquiry, Open University Press. (Translated into Spanish, 1996 and Chinese, 1996)
Carr, W. and Kemmis, S., (1985) Becoming Critical: Education, Knowledge and Action Research, Falmer Press, Brighton, (Reprinted 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998), 249 pp.
(Translated into Spanish, 1988)
Journal Papers:
Carr W. (2007) `Educational Research as a Practical Science´ International Journal of Research and Methods in Education, 30(3), 271-286
Carr, W. (2006), Philosophy, Methodology and Action Research, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 40, 4, 421-435
Carr, W. (2006), `Education Without Theory?´ British Journal of Educational Studies 54, 2, 136-159.
Carr, W. (2004), `Philosophy and Education´, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 38, 1, 55-83.
Carr, W. (1997) Professing Education in a Postmodern Age, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 31, 2, 309-327.
Carr, W. (1995) `Education and Democracy: Confronting the Postmodernist Challenge´, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 29, 1, 75-91.
View a full list of Wilfred Carr’s publications
RESEARCH STUDENTS
Wilfred currently supervises the following research students:-
Laurette Bristol: A state of subversion: postcolonial teaching in Trinidad and Tobago.
Elphege Brown: The Value of the Cricket Tradition to Education in the West Indies
Gary Clemitshaw: Governmentality, democracy and citizenship education: what is the purpose of citizenship education?
Qi Wu: A comparative study of Chinese and British primary and secondary school curriculum policy