Trust in education

Fisher, Andrew; Tallant, Jonathan

Abstract

The philosophy of trust is a relatively small subfield. Nonetheless, it contains within it many important insights. Our contention in this paper is that careful study of this subfield can bring with it many insights that can and should be used to reconsider a variety of arguments that have been brought forward in the literature on the philosophy of education and other areas of educational research. Our focus is largely destructive in section 2 of the paper. We object to two recent papers from the philosophy of education literature arguing that they fail to recognise important insights from the philosophical literature on trust. In section 3 we say something more positive, noting the routes forward.

Citation

Fisher, A., & Tallant, J. (2019). Trust in education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 52(7), 780-790. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2019.1692304

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 5, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Nov 21, 2019
• Publication Date: Nov 21, 2019
• Deposit Date: Nov 8, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: May 22, 2021
• Journal: Educational Philosophy and Theory
• Print ISSN: 0013-1857
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-5812
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 780-790
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2019.1692304
• Keywords: History and Philosophy of Science; Education
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3082831
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131857.2019.1692304
• Additional Information: Peer Review Statement: The publishing and review policy for this title is described in its Aims & Scope.; Aim & Scope: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=rept20; Received: 2019-05-15; Revised: 2019-10-22; Accepted: 2019-11-05; Published: 2019-11-21