Intellectual biography
Critical exposition of the thinker's work
The reception and influence of the work
The relevance of the work today
Bibliography (including references to electronic resources)Index
Robin Barrow's volume offers the most coherent account of Plato's educational thought.
Robin Barrow is Professor of Philosophy of Education at Simon
Fraser University, Canada, where he was Dean of Education
1992-2002. He has been Vice-Chair of the Philosophy of Education
Society of Great Britain, President of the Philosophy of Education
Society of Canada, and President of the North West Philosophy of
Education Society of North America. He is listed in the Canadian
Who's Who and in 1996 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Canada.
Robin Barrow is Professor in the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser
University BC, Canada. Richard Bailey is a writer and researcher in
education and sport. A former teacher in both primary and secondary
schools and a teacher trainer, he has been Professor at a number of
leading Universities in the UK. He now lives and works in Germany,
where he is Manager of Sport and Health at the International
Council of Sport Science and Physical Education.
"'It is time to return to first principles in our educational deliberations, and, in so doing, it is difficult to imagine a more congenial or saner guide than Robin Barrow.' Patrick Keeney, Independent scholar and Editor for Prospero, Kelowna, B.C., Canada"
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