Companion to the Philosophy of Education

Name: Companion to the Philosophy of Education
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ISBN: 9781405140515

ISBN-10: 1405140518

ISBN-13: 9781405140515

Edition: 2006

Authors: Randall Curren, Peter Markie, Gareth Mathews

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A comprehensive guide to philosophical thinking about education, both historical and contemporary, this volume is written by an international team of leading experts in their respective specializations. The volume first provides historical background and then delves into the most relevant topics in education.

Book details

List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/26/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 656
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.72" long x 1.87" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English



Notes on Contributors


Preface


Introduction.




Historical And Contemporary Movements



The Socratic Movement.




Stoicism.




The Judaic tradition.




The Educational Thought of Augustine.




Humanism.




Enlightenment Liberalism.




Rousseau, Dewey and Democracy.




Kant, Hegel and the Rise of Pedagogical Science.




Romanticism.




The Past as Future? Hellenism, the Gymnasium and Altertumswissenschaft.




Critical Theory.




The Analytical Movement.




Feminism.




Postmodernism.




Teaching And Learning



The Nature and Purposes of Education.




Theories of teaching and learning.




The Capacity to Learn.




Motivation and Classroom Management.




The Measurement of Learning.




Knowledge, Truth and Learning.




Cultivating Reason.




Moral Education.




Religious Education.




Teaching Science.




Teaching Elementary Arithmetic Through Applications.




Aesthetics and the Educative Powers of Art




Teaching Literature.




The Politics And Ethics Of Schooling



The Authority and Responsibility to Educate.




Church, State and Education




Common Schooling and Educational Choice.




Children's Rights.




Education and Standards of Living.




Educational Equality and Justice.




Multicultural Education.




Education and the Politics of Identity.




The Ethics of Teaching.




Inclusion and Justice in Special Education.




Sex Education.




Higher Education



Ethics and the Aims of American Higher Education.




Universities in a Fluid Age.




Academic Freedom.




The Ethics of Research.




Affirmative action in Higher Education




The Professor-Student Relationship and the Regulation of Student Life




The Role of Ethics in Professional Education



Index