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How does teaching understood as "pointing" expand how we conceive “being a student,” inviting us to see studenting as an active practice? Haoyu Jin offers two imageries of studenting: referring and hosting. doi.org/10.1111/edth...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
📢Educational Theory Institute 2026 Call for Proposals
Scholars in educational philosophy and theory and related areas from around the world are invited to submit proposals for the next Institute to be held in Chicago, Illinois, in the summer of 2026.
Educational Theory Institute: 2026 Call for Proposals
<em>Educational Theory</em> journal aims to foster the continuing development of educational theory, and stimulate discussion of educational concepts and aims.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Why do students share painful personal hardships in hopes of raising a grade—a dynamic Cara Furman names the “confession–grade exchange”?
Explore her article, “The Confession-Grade Exchange: Penny for Your Thoughts.”

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The Confession‐Grade Exchange: Penny for Your Thoughts
This article tells the story of how an undergraduate future teacher, Jessie, gave an account of her hardships in the hopes of gaining a better grade. Responding to this episode, I name it a “confessi...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Educational Theory: Vol 75, No 6
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November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
How can we cultivate the epistemic virtues students need to resist misinformation in the post-truth era? Owen Towler explores what kinds of “epistemic vaccines” science education can and should offer.
October 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How should universities treat utterances that qualify as academic speech yet undermine students’ dignity? M. Afton Greco argues that such utterances, though academic in form, should not enjoy academic-freedom protections, as they ultimately work against the university’s epistemic mission.
Pronouns, Dignity, and Academic Freedom: How Inclusive Classrooms Advance the University's Epistemic Mission
On the standard picture, membership in the set of utterances “academic speech” is both necessary and sufficient for an utterance to enjoy the protections of academic freedom. In this article, I chall....
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October 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
AI makes writing faster and efficient, but it also raises tough ethical questions and a sense of unease. Kathy Hytten explores this tension in her new paper, “Ethics, AI, and Irresistible Temptations.”
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Ethics, AI, and Irresistible Temptations
In this essay, I explore the ethical complexities of using generative AI in academic writing. Drawing on personal experience, I reflect on the shifting terrain of scholarly labor, authorship, origina...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM