1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778200303321

Titolo

The adventure of education [[electronic resource] ] : process philosophers on learning, teaching, and research / / edited by Adam C. Scarfe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, 2009

ISBN

1-282-59444-3

9786612594441

90-420-2922-6

1-4416-1698-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Value inquiry book series ; ; 204

Altri autori (Persone)

ScarfeAdam Christian <1972->

Disciplina

370.1

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Process philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION: THE ADVENTURE OF EDUCATION -- THE MISSING LINK: WHITEHEAD AND THE RELATION BETWEEN THE AESTHETIC AND THE ANALYTICAL IN EDUCATION / Pete A. Y. Gunter -- HELICAL LEARNING / George Allan -- EDUCATION AS A PROCESS: WHITEHEAD’S THE AIMS OF EDUCATION REVISITED / Richard Penaskovic -- THE IMPORTANCE OF BIG IDEAS OR HOW TO ENCOURAGE ACTIVE WISDOM / Marcus Ford -- EDUCATING THE FIVE-MINDED ANIMAL / Bernie Neville -- STEPS TO A PROCESS CURRICULUM / Hillel A. Schiller -- THE BODY AS A COMPANION IN EDUCATION: AN INTERPRETATION OF WHITEHEAD’S NOTION OF THE WITHNESS OF THE BODY / Jean-Marie Breuvart -- ON WHITEHEAD’S THOUGHTS CONCERNING TEACHING, LEARNING, AND THE WAY OF LIBERAL EDUCATION / Jean-Pascal Alcantara -- WHITEHEAD’S PREHENDING AND DEWEY’S EXPERIMENTING: SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY VERSUS EDUCATIONAL THEORY IN TWENTIETH CENTURY ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES / Kathleen Gershman -- THE COSMOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING AS VALUING: A WHITEHEADIAN PERSPECTIVE ON DESIGNING UNIVERSITY COURSES / Robert Regnier --



THE PROBLEM OF THE OVEREMPHASIS ON PRECISION IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH: WHITEHEADIAN SOLUTIONS / Adam C. Scarfe -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX / Adam C. Scarfe -- VIBS / Adam C. Scarfe.

Sommario/riassunto

This book on process-relational philosophy of education suggests that the notion of Adventure is foundational for the advancement of knowledge. Learning, teaching, and research are best conceived as rhythmic and relational processes, involving curiosity, imagination, valuation, creativity, and self-realization. Thus construed, contemporary educational practices can be revitalized from pedagogies of information retention and the current overemphasis on analytic precision.

2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00000295

Titolo

Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales / Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Centre de Sociologie Europenne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Seuil, 1975-

ISSN

0335-5322

Descrizione fisica

volumi ; 30 cm

Disciplina

300.5

Soggetti

Scienze sociali - Pubblicazioni in serie

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico