Carr, D. (2003). Philosophy and the meaning of `education’. Theory and Research in Education, 1(2), 195–212.

This is an informative account by an esteemed academic laying out key philosophical positions on the meaning of education.

Standish, P. (2019). Disciplining thought: Between ideology and anything goes. European Educational Research Journal, 18(5), 546–558.

This article explores contemporary tensions between different perspectives on education, highlighting a perceived rise in empiricism; it also examines the dominance of English as the language of educational research.