Associate Professor
kevin [dot] mcdonough [at] mcgill [dot] ca (E-mail)
Phone: 514-398-6949
Room 411, Education Building
Areas of interest
- Philosophy of education
- Moral and political theory
- Civic education
- Multicultural education
- Inclusive education/education for the disabled
Description of research/teaching activities
As a philosopher of education, my research draws heavily on contemporary moral and political theory. In particular, I write about the philosophical dimensions of the following issues: the moral and educational rights of minority groups, multicultural education, civic education, and inclusive education for disabled persons.
Selected publications/presentations
McDonough, K. (2003). Multinational civic education. In K. McDonough & W. Feinberg (eds.), Citizenship and public education in liberal-democratic societies: Teaching for cultural identity and cosmopolitan values (pp. 351-384). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
McDonough, K., & Feinberg, W. (2003). Liberalism and the dilemma of public education in multicultural societies. In K. McDonough & W. Feinberg (eds.) Citizenship and public education in liberal-democratic societies: Teaching for cultural identity and cosmopolitan values (pp. 1-22). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
McDonough, K. (1998). Can the liberal state support cultural identity schools? American Journal of Education, 106, 463-499.
McDonough, K. (1994). The importance of examples in moral education: An Aristotelian perspective. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 14, 77-103.