Research Interests
My research focuses on philosophy of education; teaching and dialogue; critical social and political theory; and technology and education.
My major current projects include work on ethical and policy issues concerning new technologies in education; virtual reality; collaboration; and dialogue and "third spaces."
Additional Campus Affiliations
Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor Emeritus, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Recent Publications
Burbules, N. C. (2023). Critical Thinking and the Conditions of Democracy. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 31, Article 104. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.31.8062
Jackson, L., Davids, N., Thompson, W. C., Lussier, J., Burbules, N. C., Alston, K., Chatelier, S., Taganas, K. M. B., Mendoza, O. S., Cong, J. L., Frattura, A., & Webb, A. A. P. T. (2023). Feeling like a philosopher of education: A collective response to Jackson’s ‘The smiling philosopher’. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 55(9), 994-1005. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2022.2063719
Johnston, J. S., & Burbules, N. (2023). Interview - Meta-Education: The Attempt to Get Beyond a Politicized Conceptual Framework in Philosophy of Education. Encounters in Theory and History of Education, 24. https://doi.org/10.24908/encounters.v24i0.17205
Burbules, N. C. (2022). A Dialogue About Dialogue. Philosophy of Education, 78(3), 48-52. https://doi.org/10.47925/78.3.048
Burbules, N. C. (2022). Promoting Critical Thinking in Anti-Critical Thinking Times: Lessons from COVID Discourse. Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 29(1), 5-10.