Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Two Traditions of Critical Realism: A Topology Chapter 1: Introduction PART I: TWO TRADITIONS OF CRITICAL REALISM Chapter 2: Theological Critical Realism Chapter 3: The Postfoundational Turn in Theological Critical Realism Chapter 4: Bhaskar’s Critical Realism Chapter 5: Dialectical Critical Realist PART II: IMPLICATIONS OF CRITICAL REALISM FOR EDUCATION Chapter 6: Critical Realism and Philosophy of Education Chapter 7: Critical Realism and Educational Research Chapter 8: The Emancipatory Mission of Critical Realism in Education Chapter 9: Some Limits of Critical Realism in Education Chapter 10: A Critical Realist Perspective of Education Appendix Bibliography

About the Author

Brad Shipway is a lecturer and researcher in the School of Education, and Centre for Children and Young People at Southern Cross University, Australia. He has a keen interest in the philosophy of education, and emancipatory education in particular.