Pupil Management and Emerging Democratic Voices - Governing By Knowledge in Schools

This book addresses the distance between contemporary philosophical critiques of education and the classroom context by applying new insights from social philosophy, neurology and historical analysis to common school practices.

List of contents

1. On governing autonomy - education for self-regulation and management Part 1: Pupil Management 2. On leprosy and plague - what are the mechanisms of inclusion? 3. On states of emergency - the rights given and taken away in exceptional education 4. On Civilization - how legible classrooms structure the gaze of teachers and pupils Part 2: Emerging Democratic Voices 5. On hemispheres - diagnostic conversations and attentiveness 6. On plastic brains - pupil flexibility and explosivity 7. On populations and parliaments - education for peaceful lives and world transformation

About the author

Andrew Thomas is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Østfold University College, Norway.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Thomas, Andrew (Stfold University College Thomas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032915357
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3291535-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, Philosophy, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, teacher training, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching skills & techniques, Primary & middle schools, Moral & social purpose of education, Primary and middle schools, Educational strategies and policy, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment