29.10.2014 Views

Educational Research - the Ethics and Aesthetics of Statistics

Educational Research - the Ethics and Aesthetics of Statistics

Educational Research - the Ethics and Aesthetics of Statistics

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

218 About <strong>the</strong> Authors<br />

voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vla<strong>and</strong>eren). Toge<strong>the</strong>r with Nigel Blake,<br />

Richard Smith <strong>and</strong> Paul St<strong>and</strong>ish he co-authored Thinking Again. Education<br />

after Postmodernism (Bergin & Garvey, 1998), Education in an Age <strong>of</strong> Nihilism<br />

(Falmer Press, 2000) <strong>and</strong> The Therapy <strong>of</strong> Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)<br />

<strong>and</strong> co-edited The Blackwell Guide to <strong>the</strong> Philosophy <strong>of</strong> Education (2003).<br />

Toge<strong>the</strong>r with Marc Depaepe he co-edited several books published by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />

Community (Dordrecht: Springer). With Michael Peters <strong>and</strong> Nick Burbules he coauthored<br />

Showing <strong>and</strong> doing. Wittgenstein as a Pedagogical Philosopher (Paradigm<br />

Publishers, 2008).<br />

Richard Smith is pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Education at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Durham, United<br />

Kingdom. He is founding editor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ethics</strong> <strong>and</strong> Education <strong>and</strong> associate editor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Journal <strong>of</strong> Philosophy <strong>of</strong> Education. His most recent book is (with David Bridges<br />

<strong>and</strong> Paul Smeyers, joint eds.) Evidence-based <strong>Educational</strong> Policy: What Evidence?<br />

What Basis? Whose Policy? (Blackwell, 2009).<br />

Ulrike Stadler-Altmann is associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor at <strong>the</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Education<br />

<strong>Research</strong>, Friedrich-Alex<strong>and</strong>er-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Her<br />

research interests address empirical research on school <strong>and</strong> instructional designs,<br />

<strong>the</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional work <strong>of</strong> teachers <strong>and</strong> students’ self-concepts. She is also interested<br />

in gender issues.<br />

Paul St<strong>and</strong>ish is pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>and</strong> head <strong>of</strong> Philosophy <strong>of</strong> Education at <strong>the</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong><br />

Education – London. His work exp<strong>and</strong>s across a range <strong>of</strong> topics in education, <strong>and</strong> he<br />

is particularly interested in <strong>the</strong> creative tensions between analytical <strong>and</strong> continental<br />

approaches to philosophy. He is editor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Journal <strong>of</strong> Philosophy <strong>of</strong> Education.<br />

Jean Paul Van Bendegem is full pr<strong>of</strong>essor at <strong>the</strong> Vrije Universiteit Brussel where<br />

he teaches courses in logic <strong>and</strong> philosophy <strong>of</strong> science. He is director <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Center for Logic <strong>and</strong> Philosophy <strong>of</strong> Science (www.vub.ac.be/CLWF/) where ten<br />

researchers are currently working. He has been president <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> National Center<br />

for <strong>Research</strong> in Logic (http://www.l<strong>of</strong>s.ucl.ac.be:16080/cnrl/), founded in 1955 by,<br />

amongst o<strong>the</strong>rs, Chaïm Perelman <strong>and</strong> Leo Apostel. He is <strong>the</strong> editor <strong>of</strong> Logique<br />

et Analyse (http://www.vub.ac.be/CLWF/L&A/). His research focuses on <strong>the</strong> philosophy<br />

<strong>of</strong> strict finitism <strong>and</strong> on <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> a comprehensive <strong>the</strong>ory <strong>of</strong><br />

ma<strong>the</strong>matical practice. Recent publications include: Perspectives on Ma<strong>the</strong>matical<br />

Practices. Bringing toge<strong>the</strong>r Philosophy <strong>of</strong> Ma<strong>the</strong>matics, Sociology <strong>of</strong> Ma<strong>the</strong>matics,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Ma<strong>the</strong>matics Education (jointly edited with Bart Van Kerkhove, Dordrecht:<br />

Springer/Kluwer Academic, 2006), Philosophical Dimensions in Ma<strong>the</strong>matics<br />

Education (jointly edited with Karen François, New York: Springer, 2007,<br />

Ma<strong>the</strong>matics Education Library 42) <strong>and</strong> Ma<strong>the</strong>matical Arguments in Context coauthored<br />

with Bart Van Kerkhove (Foundations <strong>of</strong> Science, 2009). Personal website:<br />

http://www.vub.ac.be/CLWF/members/jean/index.shtml

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!