Outputs (73)

Mud and hair: an essay on the conditions of educational research (2013)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2014). Mud and hair: an essay on the conditions of educational research. In P. Smeyers, & M. Depaepe (Eds.), Educational research : material culture and its representation (133-144). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03083-8_9

Educational research is of course affected by the economic, institutional and physical contingencies of its time, and in our time it is increasingly driven by them. Much can be said about this; and perhaps it might be suspected that there is a tenden... Read More about Mud and hair: an essay on the conditions of educational research.

A strange condition of things: alterity and knowingness in Dickens' 'David Copperfield' (2013)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2013). A strange condition of things: alterity and knowingness in Dickens' 'David Copperfield'. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 45(4), 371-382. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2012.718144

It is sometimes said that we are strangers to ourselves, bearers of internal alterity, as well as to each other. The profounder this strangeness then the greater the difficulty of giving any systematic account of it without paradox: of supposing that... Read More about A strange condition of things: alterity and knowingness in Dickens' 'David Copperfield'.

The play of Socratic dialogue. (2012)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2012). The play of Socratic dialogue. In N. Vansieleghem, & D. Kennedy (Eds.), Philosophy for Children in Transition (52-65). Wiley

University futures. (2012)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2012). University futures. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 46(4), 649-662. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.2012.00884.x

A bubble for the spirit level: metricophilia, rhetoric and philosophy. (2011)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2011). A bubble for the spirit level: metricophilia, rhetoric and philosophy. In P. Smeyers, & M. Depaepe (Eds.), Educational Research: the ethics and aesthetics of statistics (189-204). Springer Verlag

On dogs and children: judgements in the realm of meaning. (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2011). On dogs and children: judgements in the realm of meaning. Ethics and Education, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/17449642.2011.622990

The play of Socratic dialogue. (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2011). The play of Socratic dialogue. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 45(2), 221-233

Beneath the skin: statistics, trust and status. (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2011). Beneath the skin: statistics, trust and status. Educational Theory, 61(6), 633-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2011.00425.x

Social science and education: challenge and rhetoric. (2010)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2010). Social science and education: challenge and rhetoric

Poststructuralism, postmodernism and education. (2010)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2010). Poststructuralism, postmodernism and education. In R. Bailey, & et al. (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Philosophy of Education (139-150). SAGE Publications