Fallibilist pluralism is a moral and epistemological position that preserves both broadly conceived ethical pluralisms and the possibility of searching for a shared moral vision. In this essay Katariina Holma defends fallibilist pluralism as an important epistemological contribution to today's theories on citizenship education and analyzes the…

Reflection is an ambiguous buzzword in contemporary educational and professional settings. Work has been done to clarify the concept theoretically, but a gap remains between such clarifications and actual reflective activities in educational and work-related practices. Reflective activities embody epistemological presuppositions about the nature…

Haroutunian defends points made in a paper (Educational Theory v30 n3) relating Jean Piaget's conception of knowledge to his biological view of equilibrium in response to criticism by William E. Doll, Jr. (Educational Theory, v31 n2). Haroutunian asserts that Piaget's theories permit evolutionary change only by chance mutation. (PP)

Argues that educators need to encourage students' capacity to care while teaching them how to work together as a community of critical thinkers. Surveys critical thinking theories and proposes that educators embrace a new model for knowledge, one that is relational, and a redefinition of critical thinking as constructive thinking. (GLR)

The author discusses major premises of a paper, by Sophie Haroutunian (Educational Theory, v30 n3), that relates Jean Piaget's conception of knowledge to his biological theory of equilibrium. Doll argues that Piaget's theory of equilibration (striving for control over the environment) is not sufficiently appreciated by Haroutunian. (PP)