WALTER FEINBERG

Professor, Philosophy of Education

The University of Illinois

Champaign-Urbana

I. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Home address:

2602 Galen Drive

Champaign, IL. 61821

(217) 359 0204

Office Address:

University of Illinois

1310 South Sixth Street

Champaign, Illinois 61820

(217) 244-0151

II. EDUCATION

A.B. Boston University, 1960 - Philosophy and Political Science

A.M. Boston University, 1962 - Philosophy

Ph.D. Boston University, 1965 - Philosophy

III. AWARDS AND HONORS

Visiting Lecturer, University of Ulster, March-April, 1999

Distinguished Fullbright Scholar, Iceland Institute of Education, Sept. 1998

Perry Distinguished Lecturer University of Toledo, 1998

Associate, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois,1989-90, and 1998-1999.

Spencer National Mentor, 1996-1997

Benton Scholar, University of Chicago, 1995-1996

Keynote Speaker, Academy of Korean Studies, International Korean Studies Conference, June, 1996

Keynote address. Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting Japanese Educational Studies Association, Tokyo 1991

Keynote speaker, International Network of Philosophers of Education, London, 1990

College of Education Senior Scholar, Selected, 1989

Membership in the University of Illinois Bureau of Educational Research from September, 1977-August, 1980, and September, 1986-August, 1989

Visiting Research Professor, Nanzan University, Japan, September, 1987.

Fellow, Academy of Korean Studies, August-September 1985.

Research Associate, Center for Study of Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University, Spring, 1981.

Reason and Rhetoric selected by Choice (Journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries) as one of the outstanding books published in Education in 1975.

University of Illinois Faculty Fellow, Summer, 1969.

Human Relations Fellow, Boston University, 1963-65.

NDEA Fellow, Philosophy of Education, Boston University, 1960-63.

IV. FACULTY POSITIONS

Present Position:

Professor, of Philosophy of Education, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois

Previous Appointments:

Founding Director, The University of Illinois Program for the Study of Cultural Values and Ethics, 1989-1994

Joint appointments have been held in the School of Humanities and the College of Medicine, the University of Illinois.

Assistant Professor, 1967-70; Associate Professor, 1970-75;

Professor, 1975--University of Illinois (Urbana), Philosophy of Education and Educational Policy Studies.

Assistant Professor, Oakland University, 1965-67, Education.

V. RESEARCH INTERESTS

Multiculturalism; school and identity; equality of educational opportunity; professional education; religious educational policy.

VI. RESEARCH IN PROCESS

A Project for Educational Democracy, (Co-authored observational study of an effort to introduce shared decision making into a school district), State University of New York Press, forthcoming.

"Affirmative Action" Commissioned for Handbook of Applied Moral Philosophy, forthcoming, Oxford University Press.

Collective Rights/Cosmopolitan Values, conference to be held in June, 2000.

Research on Religious Educational Policy

VII. PLANNING, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

(Selected List)

Co Chair, joint Educational Policy Studies and Program for the Study of Religion Committee to Develop Program in Religious Educational Policy, 1999.

Founding Director, Graduate College Program for Cultural Values and Ethics, 1989-1994.

Executive Committee, College of Education, 1987-1989.

Chair, Urbana Campus Graduate College Area Committee for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1983-84 and 1984-1986.

Director, Medicine and Society Faculty Seminar, Medical College, 1981-1985.

Executive Committee, University of Illinois Graduate College, 1982-1984 and 1984-1986.

Member, by-campus Steering Committee, Medical Scholars Program, 1983-1986.

Executive Committee, Graduate Program in Interpretive and Critical Theory, School of Humanities, University of Illinois, 1981-1982.

Program Chair, American Educational Studies Association, 1977-78.

VIII. TEACHING RECOGNITION

Daily Illini list of Exceptional Teachers, multiple years

IX. EDITORIAL

Review Board, Teachers College Record, Columbia University, 1995-

Review Board, The American Journal of Education, The University of Chicago, 1996-

Review Board, American Educational Research Journal, Journal of the American Educational Research Association, 1996-

Associate Editor, Educational Theory, The University Of Illinois, 1967 to present.

Corresponding Editor, Theory and Society, Washington University, Department of Sociology, 1977-1985.

Member, Editorial Board, Educational Studies, Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 1977-80.

Chairperson, Editorial Board, Educational Studies, 1978-79.

X. NATIONAL OFFICES

Member, Executive Council, Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, 1972-75.

Program Chairperson and President-Elect. The American Educational Studies Association, 1977-78.

President, American Educational Studies Association, 1978-79.

Executive Council Member (ex officio), American Educational Studies Association, 1977-80; Chair, 1978-79.

President, Philosophy of Education Society, 1988-89.

XI. BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

Feinberg, W. (1998) Common Schools/Uncommon Identities: A Philosophy of Education in a Multicultural Society. Yale University Press.

Feinberg, W. (1998 ) On Higher Ground: Education and the Case for Affirmative Action. Columbia University, Teachers College Press,

Feinberg, W. (1993). Japan and the Pursuit of A New American Identity: Work and Education in A Multicultural Age. Routledge.

Beyer, L., Feinberg, W., Pagano, J. & Witson, J. (1988). Preparing Teachers as Professionals: The Role of Educational Studies and Other Liberal Disciplines. New York: Columbia University, Teachers College Press.

Melhado, E., Feinberg, W. & Swartz, H. (1988). Money, power and health. Ann Arbor, MI: Health Administration Press.

Feinberg, W. & Soltis, J. (1985). School and society. New York: Columbia University, Teacher's College Press.

Feinberg, W. (1983). Understanding Education: Towards a reconstruction of educational inquiry. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Bredo, E., & Feinberg, W. (1982). Knowledge and values in educational research. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Feinberg, W., & Feinberg, E. (Spring, 1979). The invisible and lost community of work and education. Department of Educational Research, Stockholm Institute of Education (brief monograph and also translated into Swedish).

Feinberg, W. (1978) Equality and social policy (edited Conference Proceedings). Urbana: The University of Illinois Press.

Feinberg, W., & Rosemont, H. (Eds.) (1975). Work, technology and education: Dissenting essays in the intellectual foundations of twentieth century education. Urbana: The University of Illinois Press.

Feinberg, W. (1975). Reason and rhetoric: The intellectual foundations of twentieth century educational policy. New York: John Wiley Press.

XII. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Feinberg, W. (Oct. 1998) "Rejoinder: Meaning, Pedagogy and Curriculum Development" Educational Researcher, Vol. 27, No. 7, PP 30-37.

Feinberg, W. (Nov. 1997) "Educational Manifestos and the New Fundamentalism". Essay Review of E.D. Hirsch Jr. the Schools We Need and Why We Don’t Have them. Educational Researcher, pp. 27-35.

Feinberg, W. (1996) Affirmative Action and Beyond: "A Defense of Race- and Gender-Based Affirmative Action" T.C. Record, Spring, 362-399.

Feinberg, W. (1996) Essay Review of Rene Arcilla, For the Love of Perfection T.C. Record, Winter,

Feinberg, W.(1995) Review of Amatya Sen, Inequality Reexamined. Journal of Curriculum Studies.

Feinberg, W. (1995) "The Communitarian Challenge to Liberal Social and Educational Theory" Peabody Journal of Education Vol.70 No 4. 34-55.

Feinberg, W. (1995). "Liberalism and the Aims of Multicultural Education" Journal of Philosophy of Education, v. 29, no. 2. 203-217.

Feinberg, W. (1993) "Dewey and Democracy at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century" (essay review of Robert W. Westbrook, John Dewey and American Democracy) Educational Theory, Vol. 43, No 2, Spring, 1993, 195-216.

Feinberg, W. ( 1993)." Interpretation and the PostModern Condition: A Response to Clive Beck's Presidential Address", Proceedings, Philosophy of Education Society.

Feinberg, W. (1992) "The Crisis of American Identity," Japanese Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 59, No. 1.

Feinberg, W. (1991) "Response to Schrag: Politicized Curriculum," Proceedings, Philosophy of Education Society, 373-376.

Feinberg, W. (1990). A new role for philosophy of education in intercultural research: Presidential address. Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society, 2-19. (Also in T.C. Record, Winter, 1989, 161-176).

Feinberg, W. (1990). The public responsibility of public education. Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, 130-144. (Also published in the Journal of Philosophy of Education, Vol. 25, No. 1, 1991, 17-25).

Feinberg, W. (1988). Alienation and moral agency. Proceedings, International Conference of Philosophy of Education. Pecs, Hungary.

Feinberg, W. (1987, Spring). The Holmes group report and the professionalization of teaching. Teacher's College Record, 88(3), 366-377.

Feinberg, W. (1986, Winter). Fixing the schools. Issues in Education, 3(2), 113-138.

Feinberg, W. (1986, January). Education as a liberal field of study: Keynote Address. Proceedings: South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society. Appalachian State University, 1-21.

Feinberg, W. (1985). Education. The Social Science Encyclopedia. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul (as a contributor).

Feinberg, W. (1985). The new American educational reform movement. Research Report, Nagoya University, Japan.

Feinberg, W. (1984). On after virtue. Theory and Society, 13, 249-262.

Feinberg, W. (1982, Winter). [Review of Ideology,culture, and the process of schooling]. Journal of Education, 164(1), 109-113.

Feinberg, W. (1982, Winter). [Review of The dilemma of inquiry and learning]. Educational Theory, 32(1), 45-52.

Feinberg, W. (1981). [Review of Philosophers as educational reformers]. Paedagogica Historica, 21(1), 237-242.

Feinberg, W. (1981, Summer). On a new direction for educational history. [Review of History, Education and Public Policy]. History of Education Quarterly, 223-239.

Feinberg, W. (1981, March 17). "The Yugoslavia Seven". Christian Science Monitor, 23.

Feinberg, W. (1980, November). The problem of knowledge in contemporary Marxist thought [Review of Education and Public Policy]. Harvard Educational Review, 50(4), 506-512.

Apple, M., & Feinberg, W. (1980, Winter). On the dangers of deskilling teacher education. Compact, Journal of the Education Commission of the States, 13(4), 14-15, 29.

Feinberg, W. (1979, Winter). Educational studies and the disciplines of educational understanding. Presidential Address, American Educational Studies Association, Journal of Educational Studies, 10, 375-390.

Bredo, E., & Feinberg, W. (1979). Meaning, power, and pedagogy. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 11(4), 315-332.

Feinberg, W. (1979, March). An examination of some political and economic influences on general education. A paper originally read before the Modern Language Association. University College Quarterly, 3-13.

Feinberg, W. (1979, Summer). A critical appraisal of John Dewey. New York University Education Quarterly, 25-26.

Feinberg, W. (1978). Aspects of equality of educational opportunity: Response to LaBrecque. Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society, Indianapolis, 204-207.

Feinberg, W. (1978, January). [Review of The liberal theory of justice]. Theory and Society, 5(1), 133-134

Feinberg, W. (1977, February). Revisionist scholarship and the problem of historical context. Columbia University, Teacher's College Record, 78(3), 311-336.

Feinberg, W. (1975, Winter). On Reading Dewey, History of Education Quarterly, 395-415.

Feinberg, W. (1975, November/December). For whom does the pendulum swing: Some teachers speak out on the question of educational reform with public school teachers. The Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, XIX(2), 106-110.

Feinberg, W. (1975). The indoctrination debate: Or how ordinary can ordinary language philosophy be and still be philosophy. Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society, 209-221.

Feinberg, W. (1975). Educational equality under two conflicting models of educational development. Theory and Society: Renewal and Critique in Social Theory, 2, 183-210.

Feinberg, W. (1975, Winter). [Review of Dewey in China]. Philosophy East and West, 25 (3), 365-374

Feinberg, W. (1974). Behavioral theory and educational policy. Philosophical Forum, 2, 183-210.

Feinberg, W. (1974, Spring/Summer). [Review of The public school movement]. Educational Studies, 5 (12), 40-41.

Feinberg, W. (1973, Fall). Ethics and objectivity, Educational Theory, 294-302.

Feinberg, W. (1973, Spring). Teacher and his materials: A view of accountability from the inside, with public school teachers. The Journal of Elementary Education, 73 (7), 347-353.

Feinberg, W. (1972, May). Progressive education and social planning. Columbia Teachers College Record, 72 (4), 485-505.

Rosemont, H., & Feinberg, W. (1972, January-April). Aesthetes and experts: For whom does the bell toll? Journal of Aesthetic Education, 6 (l-2), 97-123.

Feinberg, W. (1970, Fall). [Review of The irony of early school reform.] Educational Theory, 20(4), 421-425.

Feinberg, W., & Tyack, D. (1969, December). Black people, not student personnel. Columbia, Teacher's College Record, 71 (2), 225-235.

Feinberg, W. (1969, Summer). The conflict between intelligence and community in Dewey's educational philosophy. Educational Theory, 19 (3), 236-248.

Feinberg, W. (1969, April). To defend the humanities. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 3(2), 91-101. (Reprinted in S.Schwartz, (Ed.), Teaching the Humanities. New York: Macmillan, 1970.)

Feinberg, W. (1968, Winter). [Essay review, Education for tragedy.] Educational Theory, 18(1), 87-88.

Feinberg, W. (1968, Spring). Remarks on MacMillan and McClellan's treatment of the means-ends reasoning in teachings. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 6(3), 194-205.

XIII. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Feinberg, W. ( 1997 ) "Nationalism in a Comparative Mode: A Response to Charles Taylor" in J. McMahan and R. McKim, Nationalism, Oxford University Press.

Feinberg, W. (1995) The Discourse of Philosophy of Education, In Wendy Kohli (ed.), Critical Conversations in Philosophy of Education, NY: Routledge, 24-33

Feinberg, W. (1990). The moral responsibility of public schools. In John Goodlad et al., (Eds.), The Moral Dimension of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, Oxford, pp. 155-187.

Feinberg, W. (1990). Alienation and moral agency. In Schwetzer and Geyer, (Eds.), Alienation Theories and De-Alienation Strategies. Middlesex, England, pp. 197-220.

Feinberg, W., & Langner, S. (1988). The other face of competition: Nursing's struggle for autonomy. In E. M. Melhado, W. Feinberg, & H. M. Swartz, (Eds.), Money,Power and Health Care (pp. 233-263). Ann Arbor, MI: Health Administration Press.

Feinberg, W. (1980). Dewey as a cultural symbol.Proceedings of the National Academy of Education. Cambridge: Harvard University Printing Office.

Feinberg, W. (1978). Introduction. In W. Feinberg (Ed.), Equality and Social Policy, (pp. 1-14). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Feinberg, W. (1977). An inquiry into the growth and distribution of medical knowledge. In V. Crockenberg & R.LaBrecque, (Eds.), Culture as Education. Kendall, Hunt.

Feinberg, W. (1977). A critical analysis of the social and economic limits to the humanizing of education. In R.H.Weller (Ed.), Humanistic Education. Berkeley: McCutchan.

Feinberg, W. (1976). Some problems with the dominant model of educational development. In M. Haavelstrud (Ed.), Education for Peace. London: PC Science and Technology Press.

Feinberg, W., & Rosemont, H. (1975). Training for the welfare state. In W. Feinberg & H. Rosemont (Eds.), Work, Technology and Education (pp. 60-91). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Feinberg, W., & Rosemont, H. (1975). Introduction. In W. Feinberg & H. Rosemont (Eds.) Work, Technology and Education (pp. 1-14). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

XIV. PROFESSIONAL PAPERS AND LECTURES (Selected List)

Feinberg, W. Public Support to Religious Schools, Harvard Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review Liberties Conference on Law and the Market in Educational Reform. March, 1999.

Feinberg, W. (1999) Invited respondent to Symposium on Walter Feinberg’s Common Schools/Uncommon Identities, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain.

Feinberg, W, (1999), Educational Reform in the United States, University of Ulster.

Feinberg, W. (1999), "Pluralism and Multiculturalism as Educational Ideal" University of Ulster.

Feinberg, W. (1999) On the Concept of Self-Development, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain.

Feinberg, W. (1998, Fall) Distinguished Fullbright Lecturer, Icelandic Institute of Education

Feinberg, W. (1996, April) Invited discussant on Multicultural Education, Philosophy of Education Society, annual meeting.

Feinberg, W. (1996, June) Invited Keynote Speaker, "Modernization and Respect for Tradition" Academy of Korean Studies, International Korean Studies Conference.

Feinberg, W. (1996,November) "Power, Culture and Democracy" American Educational Studies Association.

Feinberg, W. (1995, Oct) Invited Speaker on Affirmative Action, University of Virginia.

Feinberg, W. (1994, Spring) "Nationalism in a Comparative Mode: A Response to Charles Taylor" University of Illinois, conference on Nationalism

Feinberg, W. (1993, March) "Interpretation and the PostModern Condition: A Response to Clive Beck's Presidential Address", Philosophy of Education Society, New Orleans, LA.

Feinberg, W. (1991, September). "An American Identity Crisis". Keynote address. Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting Japanese Educational Studies Association, Tokyo University.

Feinberg, W. (1990, April). The Public Responsibility of Public Education. Invited before The British Philosophy of Education Society, London.

Feinberg, W. (1990, August). "Two Models of Liberal Education". Keynote address. International Philosophy of Education Conference, London.

Feinberg, W. (1990, October). Invited Paper on Education and Democracy. Soviet Academy of Pedagogical Studies.

Feinberg, W. (1989). A Role for Philosophy of Education in Intercultural Research. Presidential Address, Philosophy of Education Society, San Antonio, Texas.

Feinberg, W. (1989). Two Moments in The Modern Conception of a Liberal Education. St. Mary's College, Maryland. Invited Sesquicentennial Address

Feinberg, W. (1988, April). Science, Technology and the Social Foundations of Public Education, Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans.

Feinberg, W. (1987, May). Cherry blossoms in the corn field: Problems in intercultural research. Invited to give Keynote Address for Volni Lecture at the Conference on Educational Research, Seattle.

University of Virginia, (1987.) invited lecture on Japanese Industry and Education.

Feinberg, W. (1987, September). Duty, obligation and the American worker. Paper presented to the Business faculty, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan.

Feinberg, W. (1987, September). Reforming teacher education. Paper presented at Nagoya National University, Nagoya, Japan.

Feinberg, W. (1987, November). Philosophical issues in intercultural research: A new look at the relativism-absolutism debate. Paper presented to the University of Illinois Philosophy Department, Urbana, IL.

Feinberg, W. (1987, December). Morality, community and alienation: A critique of Kohlberg's theory of moral development. Paper presented at a meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics, Urbana, IL. A version of this paper was also delivered at The International Conference on Philosophy of Education, Pecs, Hungary, l988.

Invited debater, General Session, Philosophy of Educational Society Annual Meeting, on the Role of Philosophy of Education, Spring, 1986.

Response to papers on School and Society, Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting, 1986, Montreal.

Education and Liberal Studies, American Educational Studies Association, Fall, 1986, Pittsburgh.

Pride and Promise: Analysis of AESA Reform Document, AESA Conference, Fall, 1986, Pittsburgh.

Feinberg, W. (1985, January). Planning, inquiring and the modern university. Paper presented at the meeting of the Korean Educational Development Institute and the Academy of Korean Studies, Seoul, Korea.

Feinberg, W. (1985, January). Education as a liberal field of study. Paper presented at Seoul National University.

Feinberg, W. (1985, Fall). Keynote Address to a meeting of the Southern Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society, Boone, NC.

Lecture on new trends in educational history before the faculty and students of the University of Illinois History Department. Fall, 1985.

Feinberg, W. (1984, Winter). The new reform movement in American education. Paper presented at the meeting of the Nagoya University and the Japanese Institute for Democratic Education, Tokyo.

Feinberg, W. (1982, August). Alienation and moral agency. Paper presented to the World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City.

Feinberg, W. (198l, November). Ethics in policy making: A response. Paper presented at the American Educational Studies Conference, Boston.

Feinberg, W. (198l, May). Health care, education and society. Paper presented to the Department of Education and School of Medicine, Dartmouth College.

Feinberg, W. (1980, Fall). Aspects of the reproduction thesis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of The Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, Lexington, KY.

Presentation on Role of Foundational Studies in Professional Education, Dean's Network AACTE Dallas Meeting, February, 1980.

Feinberg, W. (1979, October). Educational studies and the disciplines of Educational Understanding. Presidential Address, American Educational Studies Association. Cincinnati. Education, 1980.

Feinberg, W. (1979, Spring). Curriculum theory and cultural reproduction: A response. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston.

Feinberg, W. (1977, December). On the political and economic influences on general education. Paper presented at the Modern Language Association Conference, Chicago.

Feinberg, W. (1977, December). IQ tests, intelligence and the distribution of knowledge. Paper presented at the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science, Boston.

Feinberg, W. (1976, Winter). A critical analysis of the social and economic limits to the humanizing of education. Paper presented at the Phi Delta Kappan Educational Honor Society Invitational Research Conference, Charlottesville, NC.

Feinberg, W. (1976, Spring). Revisionist scholarship and the problem of historical context. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Chicago.

Feinberg, W. (1974, Spring). The limits of educational reform: A truism revived. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Chicago.

Feinberg, W. (1975). The limits of the indoctrination debate. Paper presented at the meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society, Kansas City, MO.

Feinberg, W. (1974). Against equality of educational opportunity. Paper presented at the meeting of The Cambridge (England) Philosophy of Education Society, Cambridge, England.

Feinberg, W. (1973). Dewey in the perspective of modern technological concerns. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Philosophical Association Convention, Eastern Division, before the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Boston.

XV GRANTS

Spencer Foundation, 1999-2000, co-principal

Social Scienc and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1999-2000,co- principal

Spencer Foundation 1996-1997

Spencer Foundation 1994-1995

University of Illinois, Beckman Special Research, 1993

University of Illinois Research Board Grants, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1975, 1977, 1977-78, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993.

IREX Travel grant for travel to the Soviet Union, 1990

Hewlett Summer International Research Fund, 1987.

Japan-United States Friendship Commission, Summer, 1986

National Institute of Education 1976