Making Sense of Education provides a contemporary introduction to the key issues in educational philosophy and theory. Exploring recent developments as well as important ideas from the twentieth century, this book aims to make philosophy of education relevant to everyday practice for teachers and student teachers, as well as those studying education as an academic subject. The book is divided into three parts: Education, Teaching and Professional Practice: conceptual issues concerning education; the role of the teacher; the theory/practice divide; moral dimensions of education and teaching; Learning, Knowledge and Curriculum: behaviourist and cognitive theories of learning; language and meaning; curriculum aims and content; Schooling, Society and Culture: social and political aspects of education, including liberalism and communitarianism, differentiation, authority and discipline. This timely and up-to-date introduction will help those studying and working in education to understand the major philosophical influences that have formed modern thinking about education, teaching and learning.

戴維•卡爾 （David Carr） 愛丁堡大學教育學院教育哲學教授，曾著有《美德教育》（Educating the Virtues）、《教師專業倫理》（Professionalism and Ethical Issues in Teaching），在教育哲學、教師倫理方麵具有超高的影響力，他的著作也被國內各師範院校列為教育學專業師生的必讀書目。