Current Projects
History of Educational IdeasGerman Educational Theory from 1781-1831The history and
philosophy of BildungThe role of consciousness and self-consciousness in
German educational theory and philosophyPragmatism, Education, and DemocracyJohn Dewey's theory of inquiry in global and
cosmopolitan contextsJohn Dewey in China: lessons for democracyMoral Theories and Human RightsThe moral theory of Immanuel Kant and its place in
educationHuman rights, cosmopolitanism, and
educationThe Discipline of Philosophy of EducationThe aims and purposes of philosophy of
educationThe need for a systematic philosophy of
education
Selected
Publications
BooksInquiry and
Education: John Dewey and the Quest for Democracy. (Albany: SUNY Press
2006).
Regaining Consciousness: Self-Consciousness and
Self-Cultivation from 1781-Present. (Saarbrucken: VDM
2008).
Deweyan Inquiry: from Educational Theory to Practice.
(Albany SUNY Press 2009).
ArticlesPrioritizing Rights
in the Social Justice Curriculum.
Studies in the Philosophy of
Education. Vol. 29, No. 2 (2008).
Does a Sentiment-based Ethics of Caring Improve upon a
Principles-based One? The Problem of Impartial Morality.
Educational
Philosophy and Theory. Vol. 40, No. 3, (2008) pp 436-452.
Right and Goods:
Procedural Liberalism and Educational Policy.
Educational Theory.
Vol. 57. No. 4, (2007) pp 469-488.
Dewey's
Critique of Kant.
Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. Vol.
XXII No. 4, (2006) pp 118-151.
The Education of the Categorical Imperative.
Studies in the
Philosophy of Education. Vol. 25, (2006) pp 385-402.
Nietzsche as
Educator: A Re-examination.
Educational Theory Vol. 48, No. 1 (1998)
pp 67-83.
Chapters and Encyclopedia
ArticlesCan Democratic Inquiry be Exported? Dewey and the Globalization of
Education. In Tan, S-H and Whalen-Bridge, J (Eds.).
Democracy as Culture:
Deweyan Pragmatism in an Age of Globalization. (SUNY Press 2008).
Nietzsche,
Education, and Democracy. In Peters, M. et al (Eds.).
Nietzsche's Legacy
for Education: Past and Present Values. Westport: Bergin and Garvey
2000.