Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory

1. ‘Ilo

   • Seu’ula Johansson Fua

2. “Openness” and “Open Education” in the Global Digital Economy: An Emerging Paradigm of Social Production

   • Michael A. Peters

3. Academic Literacy Across the Curriculum

   • Jon-Philip Imbrenda, Michael W. Smith

4. Academic Profession in Chinese Higher Education Institutions

   • Futao Huang

5. Adapting Pedagogy for Formative Assessment

   • Chris Harrison

6. Adult and Continuing Education in the Nordic Countries: Folkbildning

   • Elinor Hållén

7. Aesthetic Education

   • Felicity Haynes

8. Aesthetic Education: Anglo-American and German Perspectives

   • Alexandra Kertz-Welzel

9. Aesthetic Education: Classic Chinese Perspectives

   • C. Victor Fung

10. Aesthetics and Sport

    • Christopher Donald Cordner

11. Aesthetics Movement in North America and Reimer’s Contribution to Music Education

    • Charles Christopher Mangum, Randall Everett Allsup

12. Ako

    • Mere Kēpa

13. Alchemy of Love an Artist Praxis to Autonomy and Political Visibility

    • Sylvia Richardson

14. Alienation and Learning

    • Julian Williams

15. Allegedly Conservative: Revisiting Wittgenstein’s Legacy for Philosophy of Education

    • Paul Smeyers

16. Anti-colonial Education

    • George J. Sefa Dei

17. Approaches to Indigenous Education in Canada, The Journey

    • Michelle M. Hogue

18. Arendt on the State, the Nation and the Separation of Education from Politics

    • Peter Lilja

19. Argument Mapping Software: Semiotic Foundations

    • Michael H.G. Hoffmann

20. Aristotle and Learning as Engagement in Particulars

    • Sasha Barab

​This encyclopaedia is a dynamic reference and study place for students, teachers, researchers and professionals in the field of education, philosophy and social sciences, offering both short and long entries on topics of theoretical and practical interest in educational theory and philosophy by authoritative world scholars representing the full ambit of education as a rapidly expanding global field of knowledge and expertise. This is an encyclopaedia that is truly global and while focused mainly on the Western tradition is also respectful and representative of other knowledge traditions. It professes to understand the globalization of knowledge. It is unique in the sense that it is based on theoretical orientations and approaches to the main concepts and theories in education, drawing on the range of disciplines in the social sciences. The encyclopaedia privileges the "theory of practice", recognizing that education as a discipline and activity is mainly a set of professional practices that inherently involves questions of power and expertise for the transmission, socialization and critical debate of competing norms and values.

• University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

  Michael A. Peters

Michael A. Peters is Professor of Education at Waikato University, Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Adjunct Professor in the School of Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and School of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou University. He is also Professorial Fellow in the School of Creative Arts, James Cook University. He is the executive editor of Educational Philosophy and Theory and founding editor of three international ejournals, Policy Futures in Education, E-Learning and Digital Media and Knowledge Cultures. His interests are in education, philosophy and social policy and he has written over sixty-five books, including most recently Citizenship, Human Rights and Identity: Prospects of a Liberal Cosmopolitan Order (2013), Education Philosophy and Politics: Selected Works of Michael A. Peters (2012); Education, Cognitive Capitalism and Digital Labour (2011), with Ergin Bulut; Neoliberalism and After? Education, Social Policy and the Crisis of Capitalism (2011). In 2012 he was awarded a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa from the State University of New York, in recognition of his work “to promote enlightenment and social equity in higher education.