Nicholas C. Burbules
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Nicholas C. Burbules
Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor, Emeritus
Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Bio and Research Interest
Nicholas C. Burbules is the Gutgsell Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
His primary research areas are philosophy of education; teaching through dialogue; the ethics of communication; and technology issues in education.
His current work on technology emphasizes the topic of ubiquitous learning, the study of new models of “anywhere, anytime” learning, and multimodal teaching and learning.
He is currently the Education Director for the National Center for Principled Leadership and Research Ethics, located at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
His most recent books are Showing and Doing: Wittgenstein as a Pedagogical Philosopher, coauthored with Michael Peters and Paul Smeyers (2010, Paradigm Press) and Feminisms and Educational Research, coauthored with Wendy Kohli (2012, Rowman and Littlefield). He co-edited, with Paul Smeyers, David Bridges, and Morwenna Griffiths, the International Handbook of Interpretation in Educational Research (Springer, 2015).
PhD
Stanford University, 1983
Recent Publications
Nicholas C. Burbules, “The communicative dimensions of social epistemologies.” Educational Theory, forthcoming. [https://doi-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/10.1111/edth.70005]
Nicholas C. Burbules, “Critical thinking and the conditions of democracy.” Education Policy Analysis Archives, Vol. 31 No. 104 (2023) [https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.31.8062].
Nicholas C. Burbules, “A non-ideal virtue theory and the centrality of education.” In Douglas Yacek, Mark Jonas, and Kevin Gary, eds. Moral Education in the 21st Century (Cambridge University Press, 2023), pp. 192-209. [https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009170291.013]
Nicholas C. Burbules, “How activist speech threatens educational values.” Inside Higher Ed, October 8, 2024: [https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/10/08/how-activist-speech-threatens-educational-values-opinion
Nicholas C. Burbules, “The conflicts between people's interpretations of diversity, equity and inclusion.” Inside Higher Ed, April 15, 2021 [https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/04/15/conflicts-between-peoples-interpretations-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-opinion]
Nicholas C. Burbules, “How we use and are used by social media in education.” Educational Theory, Vol. 66 No. 4 (2016): 551-565.
Nicholas C. Burbules, “Some problems with the neuroscience research program.” Clarence Joldersma, ed., Neuroscience and Education: A Philosophical Appraisal (New York: Routledge, 2016), pp. 194-207.
Nicholas C. Burbules, "The changing functions of citation: from knowledge networking to academic cash-value." Paedagogica Historica Vol. 51, No. 6 (2015): 716-726.Nicholas C. Burbules, “Philosophical reflections on editing.” Educational Theory, Vol. 64 No.4 (2014): 317-331.
Paul Smeyers and Nicholas C. Burbules, “How to improve your impact factor: Questioning the quantification of academic quality.” Journal of Philosophy of Education, Vol. 45 No. 1 (2011): 1-17.
Contact Information
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