Trevor J. Phillips

Trevor Joeseph Phillips (January 26, 1927 - March 17, 2016) [1][2] was a British-born educational philosopher whose dissertation outlined the history, psychology, philosophy, and educational roots of a philosophy known as Transactionalism in 1967.[3] Transactionalism is a set of philosophical tools, or a method, employed to address the complexities of human social exchange or transactions. It refers to an approach rather than encouraging the philosophical position one should adopt in life. As a method of inquiry, it has been studied and applied to various disciplines including philosophy, education, psychology, political science, and social anthropology.

For other uses, see Trevor Phillips (disambiguation).

His doctoral dissertation titled Transactionalism was acquired, edited, and published as a hard cover book titled Transactionalism: An Historical and Interpretive Study by Influence Ecology in 2013, with a foreword by Kirkland Tibbels, edited by Influence Ecology co-founders John Patterson and Kirkland Tibbels. Both the hardback version published in 2013 and the paperback version published in 2017 offer readers the original manuscript in its entirety with the exception of copyediting for the sake of clarity.

The pragmatic approach to and application of Transactionalism in Phillips' work was primarily based on the theories and writings of John Dewey designed to advance a democratic way of life and learning.[4] His dissertation was a historical and interpretative study of the life-work of John Dewey substantiated by additional scholarly thought from Aristotle, Arthur Bentley, Hadley Cantril, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, C. Wright Mills and several others working in the fields of philosophy, psychology, physics, and epistemology. In five chapters, Phillips gathers information scattered throughout various articles and books to provide a systematic philosophical inquiry into the origins and development of Transactionalism. This philosophy continues to be missing in many schools and systems of education from formal education in Western and/or English-speaking societies to business.

Throughout his career as a professor, Phillips published numerous articles, editorials, and reviews on topics related to educational philosophy including the topics of humanistic education, secondary education, and psychology.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Life and work

Phillips arrived in Canada from England in 1997 and studied at Sir George Williams and MacDonald College.[11] and taught public high school for eight years at Lake of Two Mountains and Sorel, Quebec. He later moved with his family to the United States to pursue a doctorate at the University of Connecticut. From 1993 until 1967, he taught Educational Philosophy at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, winning multiple awards for excellence in teaching. He served as department chair from 1991-1994 and retired from Bowling Green State University as a professor emeritus of Educational Foundations and Inquiry. Upon retirement in 1997, Phillips resided in Surrey, British Columbia, with his wife. He co-founded and remained active in the member-run Third Age Learning Program (TALK) sponsored by Kwantlan Polytechnic University[12] a participatory learning experience that involved engaging discussion, controversy, humor, insight, and wisdom for adults ages 55-and-up.

References
  1. "Trevor J. PHILLIPS's Obituary on The Gazette". The Gazette. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. "Trevor Phillips". Sentinel-Tribune. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  3. "DigitalCommons@UConn". DigitalCommons@UConn. University of Connecticut. June 12, 1967. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  4. Pronko, N. H.; Herman, D. T. (1982-01-01). "From Dewey's Reflex Arc Concept to Transactionalism and Beyond". Behaviorism. 10 (2): 229–254. JSTOR 27759008.
  5. Phillips, Trevor (1994-01-01). "HM Inspectorate of Schools and the National Union of Elementary Teachers: a study of their relations, 1870‐82". Journal of Educational Administration and History. 26 (1): 20–34. doi:10.1080/0022062940260103. ISSN 0022-0620.
  6. Phillips, Trevor (1979-07-01). "Humanistic Education: Two Articles By Abraham Maslow Introduction By". Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 19 (3): 13. doi:10.1177/002216787901900305. ISSN 0022-1678.
  7. (https://www.informit.org/researchers/who-is-informit), Deepak Vasa - Informit - RMIT Training PTY LTD (1997-09-01). "Blair Plans an 'Upstairs-Downstairs' University System for England". Advocate: Newsletter of the National Tertiary Education Union. 10 (3).
  8. "Who's Afraid of Schooling? - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  9. Phillips, Trevor J.; Bailey, Joe (1993-01-01). "Graduation Ceremony Prayers, 1993: What Happened?". American Secondary Education. 22 (1): 10–12. JSTOR 41064051.
  10. "Graduation Ceremony Prayers: Continued - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  11. "Retirees Association Newsletter of Bowling Green State University" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. March 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  12. "Third Age Learning at Kwantlen (TALK)". Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
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