Philosophy, Death and Education

Peter Roberts is Professor of Education at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. His teaching and research interests are in philosophy of education and educational policy studies. R. Scott Webster, PhD (Griffith), was Associate Professor at Deakin University in Melbourne. He is the author of several books including Caring Confrontations for Education and Democracy (2021) and Educating for Meaningful Lives (2009). John Quay, PhD (Melbourne), is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of several books including Education, Experience and Existence: Engaging Dewey, Peirce and Heidegger (2013) and Understanding Life in School (2015).

PETER ROBERTS/R. SCOTT WEBSTER/JOHN QUAY: Introduction: Death: An Educational Perspective – PETER ROBERTS: Philosophy, Death and Education – R. SCOTT WEBSTER: Dancing with Death – PETER ROBERTS: Education, Attention and Transformation – PETER ROBERTS: Immortality, Uncertainty and Education – R. SCOTT WEBSTER: Educating the Horizon of Understanding – JOHN QUAY: Learning From the Death of Others.