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Revisited: “What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion”

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In this invited essay for the 75 th Anniversary Special Issue of Educational Theory , I revisit my 2008 article “What Should We Teach as Controversial? A Defense of the Epistemic Criterion.” I briefly summarize my argument, then survey the various objections it has attracted in the years since its publication. I focus in on a criticism I call the value worry about the epistemic criterion and try to show that it is unsuccessful.

Source: Educational Theory

DOI: 10.1111/edth.70065

Author: Michael Hand

Institution: University of Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,760