Katz, Michael
Bio:
Professor Michael S. Katz, Professor of Philosophy and Education at San Jose
State Uiversity, presently teaches courses in applied philosophy; these
include courses in moral issues and philosophy of education; he is
president-elect of the North American Philosophy of Education Society; his
present area of research expertise is the “ethics of teaching.,” his most recent
work being on the subject of trust and trustworthiness in
teaching.
Dr. Katz received his B.A. from Amherst College, an
M.A. and Ph.D. (1974) from Stanford University; he is the author of over
30 articles in journals such as Educational Theory,
Interchange, The Journal of Learning Disabilities, The
Journal of Teacher Education, Planning and Changing, and
Philosophy of Education. He is the co-editor, along with Nel Noddings
and Kenneth Strike, of a recent book on ethics and education: Justice
and Caring: The Search for Common Ground in Education (Teachers College
Press, 1999). Dr. Katz has also taught at The University of Nebraska at
Omaha, San Francisco State, Stanford, and The American University (Washington,
D.C.) where he chaired the doctoral program in higher
education. He has served as Secretary-Treasurer of The Philosophy of
Education Society of North America and presently serves on the Executive Board
of this Society; he also chairs an ad hoc Task Force on the Ethics of Education
for the Philosophy of Education Society. Presently, he serves on the Editorial
Board for Educational Theory.
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