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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New publication alert “Education for Thinking in the Anthropocene: A Call to Ecosophize P4C Thinking Systems” by Jonathan Wurtz doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New publication alert “Learning with a Warmer World: Climate Change Education for Forms of Life” by Melissa Diamond and Tomas Rocha doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New Issue Alert: A new issue of Educational Theory (76-5) has just been released. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17415446...
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Educational Theory: Vol 76, No 5
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
📣 Final reminder: The proposal submission deadline is tomorrow, September 14!
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The deadline is just around the corner: September 14!
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The submission deadline is coming up: September 14th!
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New Publication Alert “On White Academic Freedom: A Black Philosophical Approach Toward Epistemological Justice in Higher Education” by Ashton R. Cooper doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New publication alert “Education for Civil Disobedience in the Context of Democratic Decline” by Anniina Leiviskä doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
And, in some instances, she argues, the globalization of philosophy of education requires scrutiny rather than celebration. Check her recent article: doi.org/10.1111/edth... Also her co-authored article with Duck-Joo Kwak on Educational Philosophy and Theory: doi.org/10.1080/0013...
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Philosophy of Education as a Global Field
It is not unusual to hear philosophers of education today describe the field as global. But in what sense is philosophy of education global? In this article, I analyze how and to what extent philosop...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
she justifies a critically reflective approach to thinking about philosophy of education as a global field. She contends that there are many senses in which philosophy of education is (or can be) global, but not all of these senses are entirely positive.
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
youtu.be/3QtF9vUX7sQ In this short video, Liz Jackson introduces her recent Educational Theory article, “Philosophy of Education as a Global Field.” Arguing that how we conceptualize the field as global (or not) makes a difference for how we engage with it,
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Liz Jackson. 2025. Philosophy of Education as a Global Field
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Link to the Article: doi.org/10.1111/edth....
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<fc>STEM</fc>'s Dirty Secret: How Grit and Resilience Mask Systemic Racism
STEM fields perpetuate systemic racism under the guise of meritocracy, forcing Black, Latino, and Indigenous students—particularly women—to endure racialized stress, institutional exclusion, and the ...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
New Video Abstract Alert youtu.be/HNRBQSyXKIs In this video, Ebony McGee, coauthor of the Educational Theory article “STEM’s Dirty Secret: How Grit and Resilience Mask Systemic Racism,” introduces their newly published work.
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McGee, E. & Stovall, D. 2025. STEM's Dirty Secret: How Grit and Resilience Mask Systemic Racism
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Maristela Rocha and Cristiane Gottschalk. 2025. Intergenerational Formative Epistemic Injustice
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New Video Abstract Alert Authors Maristela do Nascimento Rocha and Cristiane Maria Cornelia Gottschalk introduce their new Educational Theory article.
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Also available on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6BCA...
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On Troubling Curriculum and Justice
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
and how all these factors come together to trouble curriculum for the sake of justice. For Tadashi’s full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Beyond Negated Identity: Mediating the World History Classroom through Adorno's Negative Dialectics
This article centers on Adorno's negative dialectics to account for experiences of alienation and marginalization within the world history classroom. It begins with the problem of how marginalization...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New Episode Out Now: youtu.be/Bpe2e7TZJxY Tadashi Dozono, Alex Armonda, and Andrew Thompson sat down to talk with Cara about Troubling Curriculum and Justice. They discussed curriculum development and modification, attention to students, interruption and disruption,
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[E4/S2 E10] Thinking in the Midst | On Troubling Curriculum and Justice | Educational Theory
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New Article: “How to Imagine Educational AI: The Filling of a Pail or the Lighting of a Fire?” by Michał Wieczorek and Alberto Romele doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
New Issue Alert: A new issue of Educational Theory (76-4) has been released! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17415446...
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Educational Theory: Vol 76, No 4
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Calling for more aleatory, non-determinative educational formations, the article also explores crip (non)pedagogies, mutual aid-based learning, and nomadic subjectivities as ways to challenge the fixity of knowledge and being. Link to the article: doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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The Educative as Violence: Anti‐Educational Impossibilities/Possibilities
This article critiques the inherent violence within conventional education systems, examining their determinative and coercive constructions as forms onto-epistemic violence. While marginalized group...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New Video Abstract Alert www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aIs... In this video, Brad Bierdz introduces their article “The Educative as Violence: Anti-Educational Impossibilities/Possibilities,” which critiques the inherent violence of conventional education.
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Brad Bierdz. 2025. The Educative as Violence: Anti-Educational Impossibilities/Possibilities
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Philosophers of Education as Public Intellectuals Engaged in Political Issues
The field of philosophy of education is diverse and evolving. I focus here on one particular way in which some philosophers of education have been doing philosophy of education—by working as public i....
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
In this video, Sarah M. Stitzlein discusses how philosophers of education have been working as public intellectuals, highlighting the benefits of this scholarship while also addressing the tensions it raises for the field. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V01p...
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Sarah Stitzlein. 2026. Philosophers of Education as Public Intellectuals Engaged in Political Issues
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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Why Philosophy of Education is Basic to Philosophy
This article argues that the traditional view of philosophy of education as a derivative branch of philosophy has it backwards: that for many canonical philosophers, reflections on education were bas....
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
In this short video, Nicholas C. Burbules introduces his new article, “Why Philosophy of Education is Basic to Philosophy,” arguing that the traditional view of philosophy of education as a derivative branch of philosophy has it backwards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElUk...
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[Video Abstract] Nicholas C. Burbules. 2026. "Why Philosophy of Education is Basic to Philosophy."
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Call for Papers: PES/Educational Theory Pre-Conference Workshop & Special Issue Everyday Courage: Ordinary Acts in Daily Life Submission deadline: 14 September 2026 For more details: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Educational Theory
<em>Educational Theory</em> journal aims to foster the continuing development of educational theory, and stimulate discussion of educational concepts and aims.
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
New Issue Alert: A new issue of Educational Theory (76-3) has been released! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17415446...
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Educational Theory: Vol 76, No 3
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
New Episode Out Now!: youtu.be/HMY2Z6r0LGY?...
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[E3/S2 E9] Thinking in the Midst | On Autonomy and Teaching | Educational Theory
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I suggest this is due to the deep relationality that characterizes how values are both constructed and expressed through teaching.”
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I propose an account of teacher autonomy that prioritizes non-alienation. However, the subsequent analysis reveals that this account on its own falls short of capturing all the ways in which a teacher's autonomy might be at stake.
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I first demonstrate how teacher autonomy can and should be understood as more than rational choice or control. Drawing on David Enoch's distinction between “autonomy as sovereignty” and “autonomy as non-alienation,” as well as on Doris Santoro's notion of a teacher's “moral center,"
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New Article: “The Value of Relational Teacher Autonomy” by Alexandra K. Chang doi.org/10.1111/edth... From the Abstract: “This article seeks to closely interrogate the concept of teacher autonomy through analyzing a normative case study.
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The Value of Relational Teacher Autonomy
Autonomy is an ideal both defended and condemned by theorists and empirical scholars alike. I begin this article by suggesting that at least part of this ongoing debate can be explained by the fact t...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Take a look at this University of Illinois news article marking the 75th anniversary of Educational Theory: education.illinois.edu/about/news-e...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
In this article, I argue that this pairing highlights the ways in which both Rancière and Cavell approach the figure I call the skeptical pedagogue. They share the term “stultification” for the effect of this figure on the process of learning and teaching.”
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
From the Abstract: “There are striking similarities between Jacques Rancière's treatment of the pedagogue in The Ignorant Schoolmaster and Stanley Cavell's treatment of the skeptical instructor in the second chapter of Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome.
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
New Article: “Egalitarian Education and the Skeptical Pedagogue: Jacques Rancière and Stanley Cavell on the Scene of Education” by Scott Robinson doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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Egalitarian Education and the Skeptical Pedagogue: Jacques Rancière and Stanley Cavell on the Scene of Education
There are striking similarities between Jacques Rancière's treatment of the pedagogue in The Ignorant Schoolmaster and Stanley Cavell's treatment of the skeptical instructor in the second chapter of ...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This article uses theory-building to explore these paradigms and illuminate the prismatic dimensions of culturally sustaining reading instruction.” --From the Abstract doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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A Framework for a Culturally Sustaining “Science of Reading”
For decades, the “reading wars” have unfolded between two paradigms: a holistic, meaning-oriented approach, and a cognitively oriented skills-based approach. The “wars” have long complicated educatio...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The ‘wars’ have long complicated educational research, policy, and practice. Yet, neither the holistic nor the cognitive paradigm has historically centered strengths of linguistically and culturally diverse communities.
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A Framework for a Culturally Sustaining “Science of Reading”
For decades, the “reading wars” have unfolded between two paradigms: a holistic, meaning-oriented approach, and a cognitively oriented skills-based approach. The “wars” have long complicated educatio...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
New Article: “A Framework for a Culturally Sustaining ‘Science of Reading’” by Jeanne Sinclair and Nevra Ozoren Sener “For decades, the ‘reading wars’ have unfolded between two paradigms: a holistic, meaning-oriented approach, and a cognitively oriented skills-based approach.
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A Framework for a Culturally Sustaining “Science of Reading”
For decades, the “reading wars” have unfolded between two paradigms: a holistic, meaning-oriented approach, and a cognitively oriented skills-based approach. The “wars” have long complicated educatio...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I introduce prompting (l)iteracy, a sociotechnical capacity that is simultaneously iterative (built through cycles of prompt revision and reflection) and critical (attuned to the economic logics, linguistic hierarchies, and distributed agencies that shape AI dialogue).”
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
From the Abstract: “This article advances the debate on artificial intelligence (AI) use in education by moving beyond the mechanistic notion of 'prompt engineering' and the human-centered focus of prevailing AI-literacy frameworks.
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
New Article Alert: “Beyond Prompt Engineering: Prompting (L)iteracy, Linguistic Capital, and Educational Inequality” by Orhan Agirdag doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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Beyond Prompt Engineering: Prompting (L)iteracy, Linguistic Capital, and Educational Inequality
This article advances the debate on artificial intelligence (AI) use in education by moving beyond the mechanistic notion of “prompt engineering” and the human-centered focus of prevailing AI-literac....
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
In this article, we argue that universities should not be viewed as singular entities but as a constellation of distinct spaces, each with its own normative context. The appropriate balance between safety and speech depends on the specific functions and values of each space.
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
From the abstract: Contemporary events on university campuses have spotlighted the perceived conflict between free speech and safe spaces. While both values are widely acknowledged as essential, reconciling them in practice remains difficult.
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
New Article: Safe Spaces and Free Speech on Campus: A Guided Tour of Campus Contexts by Bryan R. Warnick, Jamie Herman, and Kyle Williams doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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SAFE SPACES AND FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS: A GUIDED TOUR OF CAMPUS CONTEXTS
Contemporary events on university campuses have spotlighted the perceived conflict between free speech and safe spaces. While both values are widely acknowledged as essential, reconciling them in pra....
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New issue alert: Explore 7 new articles in Educational Theory, vol. 76-2. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17415446...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
the work of philosophers of education, I argue that our work going forward will be to defend the importance of requiring everyone to cultivate their minds when it is possible for them to outsource most tasks to a machine.” Read the full article: doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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AI and the Future of (Philosophy of) Education
I forcefully argue that generative AI presents an unprecedented and existential threat to the project of education. Reflecting on how we have historically understood the work of philosophers of educa...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
New Article: “AI and the Future of (Philosophy of) Education” by Lauren Bialystok From the abstract: “I forcefully argue that generative AI presents an unprecedented and existential threat to the project of education. Reflecting on how we have historically understood
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AI and the Future of (Philosophy of) Education
I forcefully argue that generative AI presents an unprecedented and existential threat to the project of education. Reflecting on how we have historically understood the work of philosophers of educa...
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Educational Theory @educationaltheory.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
discusses the way that philosophers can collaborate with social scientists to do such work.” Read the full article: doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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How to Make Philosophy of Education Useful
This article considers the difficulties of doing work in philosophy of education that might actually be useful to practical decision-makers and discusses the way that philosophers can collaborate wit...
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