David Aldridge
Biographic Data
| ID | 155376 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Aldridge |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Aldridge |
| SIGNATURE | ALDRIDGE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford Brookes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8601-6366 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Assessing the impact of hybrid school visits in initial teacher education
Hope, agency, and the question of the future
Remembrance and ritual in English schools
This article explores war remembrance and ritual in English schools. The Remembrance in Schools project (2013–2020) investigated remembrance practices in schools in England through questionnaires, interviews and observations. Schools are unique as sites of remembrance because children constitute the majority of participants in rituals. School‐based rituals of remembrance might potentially reproduce dominant discourses of war‐normalisation that co…
Paul Hirst and religious education’s curriculum question
Hirst consistently listed religion as a form of knowledge. He had numerous chances to revise this position, but did not. However, whenever Hirst actually considered religion and the curriculum in specific detail, either he did so without reference to the curriculum principles of liberal education, or he implicitly or explicitly rejected his own claim that religion was a form of knowledge. In this article I hope to contribute to an appreciation of…
Navigating the complex space of journal editing
Navigating the complex space of journal editing
The future of educational research
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
Meta-Reflexivity and Teacher Professionalism
The present work discusses the relevance of meta-reflexivity, both for the professionalization of the teaching profession and for teacher education. Meta-reflexivity is based on the multiparadigmatic system of teacher education, which finds itself grounded in diverse scientific disciplines. The approach takes uncertainty as an essential element characterizing the act of teaching. Inherent rationales of specific theories and empirical findings are…
Remembrance Day practices in schools
Each November, commemoration of the First World War armistice (and subsequent military events and conflicts) is almost ubiquitous in UK schools and has been given increased importance during the centenary years of the First World War. Yet as seemingly isolated occasions outside the regular curriculum, school practices of remembrance, and the understandings and perceptions surrounding them, have been subject to surprisingly little scrutiny. The Re…
The contested relationships between educational research, theory and practice
The abstract is included in the text
Religious literacy
In this paper, the central findings of a research project into religious literacy are presented. This project sought to answer the question as to whether or not religious literacy can be a way forward for religious education (RE). Starting with the idea of ‘literacy’, dominant approaches religious literacy in the literature are examined. An educational argument is developed, building on a definition of literacy in relation as being an effective n…
Why educational research should remain mindful of its position
Why educational research should remain mindful of its position: Questions of boundaries, identity and scale
Special issue
Special issue: Ethical questions in educational research
The Moral Contract, Sympathy and Becoming Human
Michael Hand argues that at least some moral standards can be robustly justified and that because of this educators can legitimately cultivate subscription to those standards and teach with the intention of bringing about belief in their justification (that is to say, teach 'directively'). The first claim depends on Hand's presentation and defence of a version of moral contractarianism in Chapter Five of A Theory of Moral Education (2018). Given …
Education's Love Triangle
It has been acknowledged that education includes ‘a love of what one teaches and a love of those whom one teaches’ (Hogan 2010: 81), but two traditions of writing in philosophy of education—concerning love for student and love for subject—have rarely been brought together. This paper considers the extent to which the ‘triangular’ relationship of teacher, student and subject matter runs the risk of the rivalry, jealousy and strife that are charact…
Introduction
Introduction: Love and Desire in Education
Why educational research should not just solve problems, but should cause them as well
This article also appears in: BERA Journals Virtual Issue: Rethinking the futures of education in the Nordic countries - Education in an Era of Risk - the Role of Educational Research for the Future
Why the nature of educational research should remain contested
As we begin our custodianship, we want to engage with a set of questions that emerges from the state of contemporary education: What counts as educational research?What, for that matter, counts as education?Is there a 'gold standard' of educational research?Who is best placed or best qualified to carry out educational research?Who are the readers of our journal and how do they read it?How can a journal focusing on the four nations of Britain also…
The future of Religious Education
No description available
The case for Humanism in religious education
A dialogic approach to religious education is advanced in which subject matter emerges or transforms in the educational event. An example of religious dialogue is considered, through which it is demonstrated that religious education, in order to be considered educational, must take seriously the possibility of the transformation of its subject matter. Approaches to religious education which attempt to restrict in advance the contribution of Human…
Three Epiphanic Fragments
Pádraig Hogan has argued for a powerful conception of education as epiphany that is illuminated by the work of Heidegger and Joyce. But what are we to make of Stephen Dedalus’ intention (pretension?) to ‘Remember your epiphanies’? Developing the phenomenological Erinnerungsversuch or ‘essay in memory’ of David Farrell Krell, I will examine three ‘epiphanic fragments’ from the literature of education. The problem of the temporality of the educatio…
Critical spirituality
The Logical Priority of the Question
Journal Article The Logical Priority of the Question: R. G. Collingwood, Philosophical Hermeneutics and Enquiry-Based Learning Get access David Aldridge David Aldridge Correspondence: David Aldridge, School of Education, Oxford Brookes University, Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford OX2 9AT, UK. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 47, Issue 1, …
What is religious education all about? A hermeneutic reappraisal
There has been limited engagement with Gadamer in the pedagogy of English religious education (RE) to date. Currently there remains confusion about the subject matter of RE and the application of the National Framework attainment targets, learning about and learning from. Instrumental justifications of RE are in tension with the desire to defend the specifically religious subject matter of this curriculum area. An application of Gadamer's philoso…
Individual Music Therapy with Persons with Frontotemporal Dementia
It is possible to slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease with pharmacological treatment. When this treatment is given to people with types of dementia that affect the frontai and temporal lobes (Frontotemporal Dementia) the results are discouraging. It is observed that the patients show pronounced restlessness and mania. In this article we describe a nonpharmacological psychosocial approach, music therapy, and how it is possible to work…
Personal Opinion
Why educational research should not just solve problems, but should cause them as well
This article also appears in: BERA Journals Virtual Issue: Rethinking the futures of education in the Nordic countries - Education in an Era of Risk - the Role of Educational Research for the Future
Individual Music Therapy with Persons with Frontotemporal Dementia
It is possible to slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease with pharmacological treatment. When this treatment is given to people with types of dementia that affect the frontai and temporal lobes (Frontotemporal Dementia) the results are discouraging. It is observed that the patients show pronounced restlessness and mania. In this article we describe a nonpharmacological psychosocial approach, music therapy, and how it is possible to work…
Meta-Reflexivity and Teacher Professionalism
The present work discusses the relevance of meta-reflexivity, both for the professionalization of the teaching profession and for teacher education. Meta-reflexivity is based on the multiparadigmatic system of teacher education, which finds itself grounded in diverse scientific disciplines. The approach takes uncertainty as an essential element characterizing the act of teaching. Inherent rationales of specific theories and empirical findings are…
Why educational research should remain mindful of its position
Why educational research should remain mindful of its position: Questions of boundaries, identity and scale
The contested relationships between educational research, theory and practice
The abstract is included in the text
Navigating the complex space of journal editing
Navigating the complex space of journal editing
The future of educational research
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
Education's Love Triangle
It has been acknowledged that education includes ‘a love of what one teaches and a love of those whom one teaches’ (Hogan 2010: 81), but two traditions of writing in philosophy of education—concerning love for student and love for subject—have rarely been brought together. This paper considers the extent to which the ‘triangular’ relationship of teacher, student and subject matter runs the risk of the rivalry, jealousy and strife that are charact…
Special issue
Special issue: Ethical questions in educational research
The Moral Contract, Sympathy and Becoming Human
Michael Hand argues that at least some moral standards can be robustly justified and that because of this educators can legitimately cultivate subscription to those standards and teach with the intention of bringing about belief in their justification (that is to say, teach 'directively'). The first claim depends on Hand's presentation and defence of a version of moral contractarianism in Chapter Five of A Theory of Moral Education (2018). Given …
Introduction
Introduction: Love and Desire in Education
The Logical Priority of the Question
Journal Article The Logical Priority of the Question: R. G. Collingwood, Philosophical Hermeneutics and Enquiry-Based Learning Get access David Aldridge David Aldridge Correspondence: David Aldridge, School of Education, Oxford Brookes University, Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford OX2 9AT, UK. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 47, Issue 1, …
Personal Opinion
Individual Music Therapy with Persons with Frontotemporal Dementia
It is possible to slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease with pharmacological treatment. When this treatment is given to people with types of dementia that affect the frontai and temporal lobes (Frontotemporal Dementia) the results are discouraging. It is observed that the patients show pronounced restlessness and mania. In this article we describe a nonpharmacological psychosocial approach, music therapy, and how it is possible to work…
What is religious education all about? A hermeneutic reappraisal
There has been limited engagement with Gadamer in the pedagogy of English religious education (RE) to date. Currently there remains confusion about the subject matter of RE and the application of the National Framework attainment targets, learning about and learning from. Instrumental justifications of RE are in tension with the desire to defend the specifically religious subject matter of this curriculum area. An application of Gadamer's philoso…
Critical spirituality
The Logical Priority of the Question
Journal Article The Logical Priority of the Question: R. G. Collingwood, Philosophical Hermeneutics and Enquiry-Based Learning Get access David Aldridge David Aldridge Correspondence: David Aldridge, School of Education, Oxford Brookes University, Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford OX2 9AT, UK. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 47, Issue 1, …
Three Epiphanic Fragments
Pádraig Hogan has argued for a powerful conception of education as epiphany that is illuminated by the work of Heidegger and Joyce. But what are we to make of Stephen Dedalus’ intention (pretension?) to ‘Remember your epiphanies’? Developing the phenomenological Erinnerungsversuch or ‘essay in memory’ of David Farrell Krell, I will examine three ‘epiphanic fragments’ from the literature of education. The problem of the temporality of the educatio…
The future of Religious Education
No description available
The case for Humanism in religious education
A dialogic approach to religious education is advanced in which subject matter emerges or transforms in the educational event. An example of religious dialogue is considered, through which it is demonstrated that religious education, in order to be considered educational, must take seriously the possibility of the transformation of its subject matter. Approaches to religious education which attempt to restrict in advance the contribution of Human…
Why the nature of educational research should remain contested
As we begin our custodianship, we want to engage with a set of questions that emerges from the state of contemporary education: What counts as educational research?What, for that matter, counts as education?Is there a 'gold standard' of educational research?Who is best placed or best qualified to carry out educational research?Who are the readers of our journal and how do they read it?How can a journal focusing on the four nations of Britain also…
The Moral Contract, Sympathy and Becoming Human
Michael Hand argues that at least some moral standards can be robustly justified and that because of this educators can legitimately cultivate subscription to those standards and teach with the intention of bringing about belief in their justification (that is to say, teach 'directively'). The first claim depends on Hand's presentation and defence of a version of moral contractarianism in Chapter Five of A Theory of Moral Education (2018). Given …
Education's Love Triangle
It has been acknowledged that education includes ‘a love of what one teaches and a love of those whom one teaches’ (Hogan 2010: 81), but two traditions of writing in philosophy of education—concerning love for student and love for subject—have rarely been brought together. This paper considers the extent to which the ‘triangular’ relationship of teacher, student and subject matter runs the risk of the rivalry, jealousy and strife that are charact…
Introduction
Introduction: Love and Desire in Education
Why educational research should not just solve problems, but should cause them as well
This article also appears in: BERA Journals Virtual Issue: Rethinking the futures of education in the Nordic countries - Education in an Era of Risk - the Role of Educational Research for the Future
Religious literacy
In this paper, the central findings of a research project into religious literacy are presented. This project sought to answer the question as to whether or not religious literacy can be a way forward for religious education (RE). Starting with the idea of ‘literacy’, dominant approaches religious literacy in the literature are examined. An educational argument is developed, building on a definition of literacy in relation as being an effective n…
Why educational research should remain mindful of its position
Why educational research should remain mindful of its position: Questions of boundaries, identity and scale
Special issue
Special issue: Ethical questions in educational research
Remembrance Day practices in schools
Each November, commemoration of the First World War armistice (and subsequent military events and conflicts) is almost ubiquitous in UK schools and has been given increased importance during the centenary years of the First World War. Yet as seemingly isolated occasions outside the regular curriculum, school practices of remembrance, and the understandings and perceptions surrounding them, have been subject to surprisingly little scrutiny. The Re…
The contested relationships between educational research, theory and practice
The abstract is included in the text
Paul Hirst and religious education’s curriculum question
Hirst consistently listed religion as a form of knowledge. He had numerous chances to revise this position, but did not. However, whenever Hirst actually considered religion and the curriculum in specific detail, either he did so without reference to the curriculum principles of liberal education, or he implicitly or explicitly rejected his own claim that religion was a form of knowledge. In this article I hope to contribute to an appreciation of…
Navigating the complex space of journal editing
Navigating the complex space of journal editing
The future of educational research
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
Meta-Reflexivity and Teacher Professionalism
The present work discusses the relevance of meta-reflexivity, both for the professionalization of the teaching profession and for teacher education. Meta-reflexivity is based on the multiparadigmatic system of teacher education, which finds itself grounded in diverse scientific disciplines. The approach takes uncertainty as an essential element characterizing the act of teaching. Inherent rationales of specific theories and empirical findings are…
Remembrance and ritual in English schools
This article explores war remembrance and ritual in English schools. The Remembrance in Schools project (2013–2020) investigated remembrance practices in schools in England through questionnaires, interviews and observations. Schools are unique as sites of remembrance because children constitute the majority of participants in rituals. School‐based rituals of remembrance might potentially reproduce dominant discourses of war‐normalisation that co…
Assessing the impact of hybrid school visits in initial teacher education
Hope, agency, and the question of the future
Sociology (22 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Pedagogy (14 works) · Epistemology (12 works) · Law (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Educational research (7 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (7 works) · Law (7 works)