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| The Early Period (5th Century BCE to 4th Century CE) | |
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| Educational Philosophy and the Role of the Teacher Pre-18th Century Expansion of Teacher Education Programs | |
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| New Satndards for Teacher Education Why Study Educational Philosophy? | |
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| Some Comments on Philosophical Thought Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Activities Connecting Philosophy to Theory and Practice: Preliminary Thoughts on Defining a Personal Philosophy of Education | |
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| Perennialism and Essentialism | |
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| Important Names Important Terms Focus Questions Introduction Plato (428-347 B.C. E) | |
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| Excerpt From Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book II Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Activities Case Study for Reflection: Ronald and Socrates | |
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| The Middle Ages (5th to 14th Centuries) | |
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| Improtant Names | |
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| Focus Questions Introduction Mortimer Adler (1902-2001) | |
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| Arthur Bestor (1908-1994) | |
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| E.D. Hirsch (1928- ) | |
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| Robert M. Hutchins (1899-1977) | |
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| Theodore Sizer (1932- ) | |
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| What This Means for Schools What This Means for Connecting Philosophy to Theory and Practice Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Activities Connecting Philosophy to Theory and Practice: Defining Your Personal Philosophy of Education | |
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| Scholasticism | |
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| Focus Questions Introduction Boethius (c. 480-c. 526) | |
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| Peter Abelard (c. 1079 -1142) | |
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| John Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308) | |
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| William of Ockham (1285-1347 | |
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| Contributions of the Scholastic Period to the Present Time Jacques Martain (1882-1973) | |
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| What This Means for Schools What This Means for Connecting Philosophy to Theory and Practice Discussion Questions | |
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| Suggested Activities Connecting Philosophy to Theory and Practice: Defining Your Personal Philosophy of Education | |
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| The Early Modern Period (15th to 18th Centuries) | |
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| Important Names | |
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| Focus Questions Introduction Francis Bacon (1561-1626) | |
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| Rene Descartes(1596-1650) | |
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| John Locke (1632-1704) | |
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| Excerpt from Some Thoughts Concerning Education | |
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| Suggested Activities Case Story for Reflection: Benjamin Case Story Follow-Up Activities | |
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| The Dawning of the Child-Centered Curriculum | |
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| Focus Questions Introduction Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) | |
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| Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) | |
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| Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) | |
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| What This Means for Schools What This Means for Connecting Educational Philosophy to Theory and Practice Discussion Questions | |
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