Research Interests:

Philosophy of Education
Professional Ethics
Moral Philosophy and Character Education
Epistemological Issues in Educational Inquiry
Holistic/Transformative Education

Description of Research Activities:

My long term research agenda has been to formulate an account of the nature and justification of moral beliefs that would form one component of a defensible conceptual framework for educational programs that promote commitment to particular moral values. Such programs include initiatives in character, citizenship, environmental, holistic, multicultural, anti-racisist, and transformative education. My recent focus within this project is on east-west perspectives on the development of practical wisdom.

I am currently preparing a research proposal titled “What are we doing when we are doing Philosophy of Education?” The proposed research would analyse the range of scholarly activities pursued within the broad area of philosophy of education using my account of the search for wide reflective equilibrium as a unifying framework and then develop the implications for course and program design.

Recently Published Work:

Vokey, Daniel. (in press). Barking up the wrong tree? Response to Dennis Cato. Paideusis.

Vokey, Daniel. (in press). Spirituality in public schools. In D. Carr and J. Haldane (Eds.), Spirituality, philosophy, and education. London: Routledge.

Vokey, Daniel. (in press). What are we doing when we are doing philosophy of education? Paideusis.

Vokey, Daniel. (2002). MacIntyre and the catch-22 of Aristotelian moral education. In S. Rice (Ed.), Philosophy of Education 2001(192-199). Urbana-Champaign: Philosophy of Education Society.

Vokey, Daniel. (2001). Longing to connect: Spirituality in public schools. Paideusis, 13(2), 23-41.

Vokey, Daniel. (2001). Moral discourse in a pluralistic world. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press.

Vokey, Daniel. (2000). Caring as an undemocratic virtue. In R. Curren (Ed.), Philosophy of Education 1999 (352-355). Urbana-Champaign: Philosophy of Education Society.

Vokey, Daniel. (1999). Building peace: A Buddhist view. In A. Walter Dorn (Ed.), World order for a new millennium: Political, cultural, and spiritual approaches to building peace (205-212). New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Vokey, Daniel. (1999). Is it possible to justify a “value-laden” position for ecologically-based adventure education? A “no” perspective. In S. Wurdinger & T. Potter (Eds.), Controversial issues in adventure education: A critical examination (237-243). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.

Vokey, Daniel. (1999). MacIntyre, moral value, and Mah~y~na Buddhism: Embracing the unthinkable in moral education. Educational Theory, 49(1), 91-106.