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Colgan, Andrew D. – Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 2018
Many symposia and special journal issues over the last several decades have been devoted to concerns about the decline of philosophy in teacher education programs. I pursued an answer for my doctoral project and found institutional explanations are rarely invoked in the "decline literature." I have sketched here the theory and have shown…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Organizational Theories
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Salisbury, Jane; Rees, Gareth; Gorard, Stephen – School Leadership & Management, 1999
Considers various research projects attempting to explain examination outcome differences between boys and girls and describes policies to resolve the "problem." British girls have higher attainment levels in English, Welsh, languages, and humanities; no achievement gaps exist in other subjects. There are no convincing explanations or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English, Foreign Countries, Humanities