WILFRED CARR PUBLICATIONS
Books:
1984 Carr, W. (ed), Problems of Mixed Ability Teaching: An Action Research Project, HMSO, London, 42 pp.
1985 Carr, W. and Kemmis, S., Becoming Critical: Education, Knowledge and Action Research, Falmer Press, Brighton, (Reprinted 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998), 249 pp.
1988 Carr, W. and Kemmis S., Teoria Critica de la Ensenanza, Martinez Roca, Barcelona, 245 pp. (Translation of 1985 above).
1989 Carr, W., Hacia una Ciencia Critica de la Educacion, Laertes, S.A. de Edicones, Barcelona, 135 pp.
1989b Carr, W. (ed), Quality in Teaching: Arguments for a Reflective Profession, Falmer Press, Brighton, 219 pp.
1993 Carr, W. (ed.), Calidad de la Ensenanza e Investigacion-Accion, Diada Editoria S.L., Seville (Spanish translation of 1989b above), 177 pp.
1995 Carr, W. For Education: Towards Critical Educational Inquiry, Open University Press, Buckingham.145 pp.
1996 Carr, W. and Hartnett, A., Democracy and the Struggle for Education, Cassell London, February 1996.
1996 Carr, W. For Education: Tapai (Taiwan), Lucky White Publishing Co., 216 pp (Chinese translatation of 1995 above).
1996 Carr, W. Una Teoria Para La Educacion, Educaciones Morata, S.L., Madrid, (Spanish translation of 1995 above).
2002 Sikes, P, Carr, W and Nixon J (eds) The Moral Foundations of Educational Research: Knowledge Inquiry and Values, Buckingham, Open University Press, 141 pp.
2005 Carr, W. (ed) The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the Philosophy of Education, Routledge, London, 237 pp.
Journal Papers:
1979 'Philosophical Styles and Educational Theory', Educational Studies, 5, 1, 23-33.
1980 'The Gap Between Theory and Practice', Journal of Further and Higher Education, 4, 1, 60-69.
1980 'Philosophy, Fantasy and Common-Sense', Journal of Further and Higher Education, 4,2, 89-97.
1981 'Adopting a Curriculum Philosophy', Australian Journal of Teaching Practice, 2, 1, 11-21.
1982 'Treating the Symptoms, Neglecting the Cause: Diagnosing the Problem of Theory and Practice', Journal of Further and Higher Education, 6, 2, 19-29.
1983 'Can Educational Research be Scientific?', Journal of the Philosophy of Education, 17, 1, 35-45.
1984 'Adopting an Education Philosophy', Cambridge Journal of Education, 4, 2, 1-4.
1985 'Philosophy, Values and Educational Science', Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17, 2, 119-132.
1986 'R.S. Peters' Philosophy of Education', British Journal of Educational Studies, 34, 3, 268-274.
1986 'Theories of Theory and Practice', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 20, 2, 177-186.
1987a 'What is an Educational Practice?', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 21, 2, 163-175.
1987 'Critical Theory and Educational Studies', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 21, 2, 287-295.
1989 Action Research: Ten Years On', Journal of Curriculum Studies, 21, 85-90.
1989 'The Idea of an Educational Science', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 23, 1, 29-37.
1989 'Puede ser Cientifica la Investigacion Educativa?, Investigacion en la Escuela, 7, 37-47 (re-print in Spanish of 1983 above).
1990 'The National Curriculum and the Aims of Education', Journal of the Educational Research Network of Northern Ireland, 4, 90-97.
1990 (with J.Quicke), 'An Impossible Dream? Comprehensive Principles and the Politics of Inequality in British Education', Revista Espanola de Pedagogia, XLVIII, 187, 429-438.
1990 'Citizenship and the National Curriculum: The Depoliticization of Liberal Education', Proceedings of the Exeter Society for Curriculum Studies, 1-10.
1991 (with J. Rudduck), 'Dialogue: Response to Mark Holmes', Curriculum Inquiry, 21, 1, 91-95.
1991 'Educational Change and Professional Development', Investigacion en la Escuela, 9, 39-50.
1991 'Education for Citizenship', British Journal of Educational Studies, 39, 4, 373-385.
1991 'Education for Democracy? A Philosophical Analysis of the National Curriculum', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 25, 2, 183-191.
1993 'Reconstructing the Curriculum Debate: An Editorial Introduction', Curriculum Studies, 1, 1, 5-9.
1994 Whatever Happened to Action Research? A Review Article in Educational Action Research, 2, 3, 427-436.
1994 Theories of Theory and Practice, Journal of Educational Science, China: East China Normal University, 1984, in Chinese, 557-575.
1995a Education and Democracy: Confronting the Postmodernist Challenge, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 29, 1, 75-91.
1995b Erziehung und Demokratie in der Postmoderne, in Zeitschrift Fur Padagogik, Bildung Und Erziehung in Europa, Beltz Verlag;Weinheim und Basel, 289-292. (German translation of 1995a above).
1996 'Educacion y Democracia: Ante el desafio postmoderno' in Volver a Pensar la Educacion (Vol 1) Politica, Educacion y Sociedad, Ediciones Morata, S.L. Madrid, 96-111.
1997 Professing Education in a Postmodern Age, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 31, 2, 309-327.
1997 Philosophy and Method in Educational Research, Cambridge Journal of Education, 27, 2, 203-209.
1999 'What is an Educational Practice?' Hellenic Open University (Greek Translation of 1987a).
1999 `The Curriculum in and for a Democratic Society´, Curriculum Studies,7,3.
2000 `Partisanship in Educational Research´, Oxford Review of Education, Vol 26, Nos 3 & 4, pp. 437-449.
2003 Whose Liberalism? A Response to John White´, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 37, 1.
2004 `Philosophy and Education´, Journal of Philosophy and Education, 38, 1, 55-83.
2005 (with S. Kemmis) `Staying Critical´, Educational Action Research, 21, 3, 347-357.
2005 The Role of Theory in the Professional Development of an Educational Theorist, Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 13, 3, 333-345.
2005 (with Paul Hirst) Philosophy and Education: A Symposium, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 39, 4, 615-632.
2006 `Education Without Theory?´, British Journal of Educational Studies 54, 2, 136-159.
2006 Philosophy, Methodology and Action Research, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 40, 4, 1-15.
2007 Educational Research as a Practical Science, International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 30, 3, 271-286.
Contributions to Books:
1983 'Education Research as Science', in A Pitman (ed), Approaches to Educational Inquiry, Deakin University Press, Section 6, 1-39.
1985 'What Makes Educational Administration Possible?', in F. Rizvi, (ed), Ethics and Educational Administration, Deakin University Press, 7-14.
1986 'Action Research: Educational Research or Professional Development?', in W. Carr, (ed), Problems of Mixed Ability Teaching, HMSO, 52-57.
1986 'Recent Developments in Teacher Education', in B. Hutchinson and P. Whitehouse, (eds), Teacher Research and INSET, University of Ulster Publications, 32-37.
1987 'Philosophy, History and Educational Practice', in F.W. Preese, (ed), Philosophy and Education, Exeter University Press, 4-13.
1988 'Educational Theory and the Practice of Education', in N. Entwhistle, (ed), Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices, Croom Helm, London, 100-109.
1989 'Curriculum Development and Professional Development', in J. Arrieta, C. Cascante and J. Rozada, Bares Para el desarrollo Curricular y la Formacion del Profesorado, Cyan restion Editorial, Asturias, 19-27.
1989 'Understanding Quality in Teaching', in W. Carr, (ed), Quality in Teaching: Arguments for a Reflective Profession, Falmer Press, Brighton, 1-19.
1990 'Democracy and the National Curriculum', in M. Golby, (ed), TVEI and the National Curriculum, (Proceedings of the National Conference of the Centre for Secondary and Tertiary Education), Exeter University Press, 33-41.
1990 'The Idea of a Critical Educational Science', in R.G. Colomer and D.S. Gomez, (eds), Filosofia de la Educacion Hoy, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, 269-283.
1993 'What is an Educational Practice?', in M. Hammersley, (ed), Educational Research: Current Issues, Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd., London, 1993, 160-176. (Reprint of 1987a above).
1993 'Education and the World of Work: Clarifying the Contemporary Debate' in J. Wellington (ed) The Work-Related Curriculum: Challenging the Vocational Imperative, London, Kogan Page, Ch. 11, 221-233.
1994 Prologue: Democracy and Educational Reform in Zufiaurre, B. Proceso y Contradicciones de la Reforma Educativa 1982-1994, Barcelona, Karia 3-25.
1994 'The 'Crisis' in Philosophy and Education' in Hellemans, M., Masschelein, J. and Smeyers P. (eds.) The School: its Crisis, Leuven: Amersfoort, 19-24.
1995 (with A. Hartnett and M. Naish) 'Democracy, Teacher Development and the Struggle for Education: An Essay in the Political Economy of Teacher Education' in J. Smyth (ed) Critical Discourse on Teacher Development, Cassell, London, 39-54.
1996 (with A. Hartnett) 'Civic Education, Democracy and the English Political Tradition' in J. Demaine and H. Entwistle (eds) Citizenship, Politics and Education, MacMillan, London, 64-82.
2001 (with A. Hartnett) `The Politics of Educational Ideas´, in Collins, J. and Cook, D. (Eds) Understanding Learning: influences and outcomes, Paul Chapman Publishing, pp. 14-23.
2002 Educational Research and its Two Histories´ in Sikes, P., Carr, W. and Nixon, J. (eds) The Moral Foundations of Educational Research, Buckingham, Open University Press, 141 pp.
2004 Nixon, J., Walker, M. and Carr, W. `The Governance of Learning´, in F. Inglis (ed.) Education and the Good Society. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 165-181.
2005 Carr, W., `What is the Philosophy of Education?´ in W. Carr (ed), The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Philosophy of Education, London, Routledge, 1-14.
Book Reviews:
1982 What is Educational Research?, by G. Verma and R. Beard, Journal of Curriculum Studies, 14, 4, 206-208.
1984 Educational Theory and its Foundation Disciplines, Paul H. Hirst, (ed), Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17, 1, 116-118.
1985 Paradigm and Ideology in Educational Research, Thomas S Popkewitz, Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17, 2, 231-233.
1985 Social Crisis and Educational Research, L. Barton and S. Walker, (eds), British Educational Research Journal, 11, 3, 312.
1986 How Children Learn, John Holt and Schools and Meaning, D.E. Purple and H. Svi Shapiro, (eds), Journal of Curriculum Studies, 18, 3, 361-363.
1987 Theory and Practice of Education: An Introduction, M Downey and A.V. Kelly, Knowledge and Curriculum Planning, A.V. Kelly, Journal of Curriculum Studies, 19, 5, 479-481.
1987 Critical Studies in Teacher Education: Its Folklore Theory and Practice, T.S. Popkewitz, (ed), Journal of Education for Teaching, 13, 3, 291-292.
1989 Knowing and Acting: Inquiry Ideology and Educational Studies, by L.E. Beyer, Journal of Education for Teaching, 15, 1, 76-78.
1997 The End of Knowledge in Higher Education, R. Barnett and A. Griffin (eds), in British Journal of Educational Studies.
1999 The Curriculum Experiment: Meeting the Challenge of Social Change, by John Elliott, in Journal of Educational Action Research, 7, 1, 173-176.
1999 Visions of a School: The Good School in the Good Society by Jasper Ungoed-Thomas in Journal of Educational Policy, 14, 2, 215-217.
Invited Papers to Plenary Sessions of Major National and International Conferences:
1984 'What Makes Educational Administration Possible?', Conference on Ethics and Educational Administration, Institute of Educational Administration, Victoria, Australia, November.
1985 'Action Research and Primary Education', National Association for Primary Education, Annual Conference, Ormskirk, November.
1987 'What is an Educational Practice?', Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, London, March.
1988 'Values, Ideology and Educational Research', International Philosophy of Education Conference, Pecs, Hungary, August.
1988 'The Idea of a Critical Educational Science', International Congress on The Philosophy of Education Today, Madrid, November.
1989 'The National Curriculum and the Aims of Education', Annual Public Lecture of the Northern Ireland Research Association, Belfast, November.
1990 'Educational Change and Professional Development', Annual Conference of Investigacion en la Escuela, Seville, Spain, March.
1991 '"Good Practice" in Teaching and in Action Research', Annual Public Lecture, University of Malta, Malta, February.
1991 'Becoming a Citizen: Civic Education in a Democratic Society', International Conference on Human Development and Education, University Complutense, Madrid, October.
1992 'The Curriculum in and for a Democratic Society´, International Conference on Democracy and Education, University of Murcia, Spain, April.
1992 'Democracy and Comprehensive Principles' Conference on Democracy and Comprehensive Principles, Pamplona, Spain, November.
1993 'Towards a Critical Educational Science'. Public series of seminars for invited academics and educational researchers from Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile held at the Universidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 17-21 May. (Funded by the British Council).
1993 'Democracy and Curriculum Reform', International Conference on Philosophy of Education in the Changing World of the 21st Century, Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, July.
1993 'Philosophy, Education and Postmodernism', International Conference on Rethinking Education, A Coruña, Spain, September.
1994 'Democracy and Education: Confronting the Postmodernist Challenge'. Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft on Bildung und Democratie in Europa, Dortmund, Germany, March.
1997 'Philosophical History and the Philosophy of Education', Department of Philosophy and History of Education, University of Amsterdam, November.
1998 'The Future of Teacher Education: Theory, Technology or Praxis?', International Conference on the Future of Teacher Education, Universidad Pedagogica Nacional, Mexico, October.
2006 Educational Research as a Practical Discipline, Annual Conference of Consejo Mexicano de Investigación Educativa (COMIE), Mexico, November.
Papers Presented at Seminars, Conferences, etc:
1977 'Philosophy and Educational Theory', Philosophy Department, University College of North Wales, May.
1978 'The Theory and Practice of Educational Research', South Pacific Association for Teacher Education, 8th Annual Conference, Melbourne, May
1978 'Psychological Theory and Educational Practice', Philosophy Department,, University College of North Wales, May
1978 'Theories of Theory and Practice', Philosophy Department, Deakin University, Australia, April
1980 'Theories of Educational Research', Graduate School of Education, UCLA, California, March
1980 'Moral Education and Curriculum Development', University of Wales Colloquium on Moral Education, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, September.
1982 'Critical Theory and the Curriculum', Colloquium on Critical Theory and Education, Deakin University, Australia, May.
1982 'Can Educational Research be Scientific?', Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, St Andrews University, September.
1983 'What Theory into Practice?', School of Education, University of Bath, February.
1983 'Action Research in Schools', School of Education, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, September.
1983 'Values and Educational Research', Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, London Institute of Education, September.
1984 'Theories of Theory and Practice', Philosophy of Education Department, University of London, Institute of Education, June.
1984 'Philosophy and Empirical Methods in Educational Research', Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Lancaster University, August.
1984 'School-based INSET' Conference on School Management for Headteachers, Plas Menai, Caernarfon, November.
1985 'Critical Theory and Educational Practice', School of Education, Liverpool University, April.
1985 'Towards a Critical Educational Science', Philosophy of Education Society, University of Cambridge, June.
1985 'Action Research and Professional Development', Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Sheffield University, September.
1985 'School-based Curriculum Development', School of Education, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, November.
1986 'Philosophy, History and Educational Practice' School of Education, University of Exeter, October.
1986 'Research and Educational Innovation', Annual Conference of the Northern Ireland Educational Research Association, University of Ulster, November.
1988 'The Idea of an Educational Science', Philosophy of Education Society, University of Exeter, January.
1988 'Whatever Happened to Action Research?', British Educational Research Association, Annual Conference, University of East Anglia, August.
1990 The National Curriculum: A Philosophical Critique´, Society of Applied Philosophy, London University, January.
1989 'Thinking about the Curriculum', Seminario Approximacion del Curriculum, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, June.
1990 'Democracy and the National Curriculum', Annual Conference of the Centre for Secondary and Tertiary Training, Torquay, February.
1990 `Democracy and the National Curriculum', Philosophy of Education Society, University of Durham, February.
1990 `Critical Theory and Educational Studies', Departamento de Didactica, University of Oviedo, Spain, July.
1991 (with J. Nixon, S. Rowland and J. Quicke) 'Postmodernism and Educational Research', Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Nottingham Polytechnic, September.
1991 'Research Methodology as Political Ideology', School of Education, University of Birmingham, October.
1992 'The "Crisis" in Philosophy and Education', International Philosophy of Education Conference, Corsendonck, Belgium, March.
1992 'The Curriculum in a Democratic Society', Department of Curriculum Studies Institute of Education, University of London, December.
1997 'Educational Research: The State of the Art or the Art of the State?', Centre for Applied Research in Education (CARE), University of Norwich, April.
2004 `Teacher Education in the 21st Century´. Paper presented at the Education Association of Cyprus Conference on Teacher Education, Cyprus, April.
2005 `Philosophy, Methodology and Action Research´. Paper presented at the Practitioner Research / Collaborative Action Research Conference, Utrecht, November.
2006 `The Idea of Methodology in Educational Research´. Paper presented at the School of Education, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Teaching Materials:
The following teaching materials published by the Deakin University Press:
1978 The School-based Curriculum: Design and Evaluation Issues, 5-32.
1979 Issues in Educational Research, 201-221.
1979 (with J. Henry and R. Matthews) Glenora: one School within a State System. A Case Study of Tasmanian Education, 155pp.
1980 Curriculum Development: Theory and Practice, 11-27.
Published Discussions of my Research:
P. Moore, (1980), 'Relations between Theory and Practice: a critique of Wilfred Carr's Views', Journal of Further and Higher Education, 5, 2, 44-56.
D.J.P. Brook, (1981), 'Why Theory into Practice Doesn't Normally Go: A Response to Carr 1980', Journal of Further and Higher Education, 5, 3, 46-53.
J. Wilson, (1980), 'Reply to Wilfred Carr on 'Philosophy Fantasy and Common Sense', Journal of Further and Higher Education, 4, 3, 83-87.
H. Sockett, (1985), 'What is a School of Education?, Cambridge Journal of Education, 15, 3, 115-122.
R. Gibson, (1985), 'Critical Times for Action Research: a Review Article', Cambridge Journal of Education, 15, 1, 59-64.
I. Lewis, (1987), 'Encouraging Reflective Teacher Research: A Review Article', British Journal of the Sociology of Education, 8, 1, 95-105.
J. Whitehead and P. Lomax, (1987), 'Action Research and the Politics of Educational Knowledge', British Educational Research Journal, 13, 2, 175-190.
R. Jonathan, (1987), 'What is an Educational Practice? A Reply to Wilfred Carr', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 21, 2, 176-180.
D. Cooper, (1987), 'Practice, Philosophy and History: Carr vs Jonathan', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 21, 2, 181-186.
J. M. Perrigotti, L. B. Goulart and R. M. V. Mutti, (1990), 'Teoria Criticci do Ensino de Carr e Kemmis na Realidade do Colégio de Aplicuçào', Cadernos do Aplicuçào 5, 2, 183-192, (Brazil).
J. Mackenzie, (1991) 'Street Phronesis', Journal of Philosophy of Education, 25, 2, 153-169.
J. Larrosa Bandia, (1991), 'The Philosophical Foundations of a Critical Educational Science: An Interview with Wilfred Carr'. Temps d'Educacio, Numero 4, 263-274, (Barcelona, Spain).
M. Dolores Baena, (1991), 'Wilfred Carr: Hacia una Ciencia Critica de la Educacion', Qurriculum, Numero 3, 112-116, (Canarias, Spain).
J Tooley (1998) 'Saving Education from the "Lurching Steam Roller"': a response to Carr and Hartnett, Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, 1-9.
P Hirst, (2006) A response to Wilfred Carr´s "Philosophy and Education", Journal of Philosophy of Education, 39, 4, 615-627.
January 2008