1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454858203321

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

Electronic books.

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.

UNINA9910909699703321

Autore

Wickham, Chris

Titolo

Roma medievale : crisi e stabilità di una città, 900-1150 / Chris Wickham ; traduzione e cura editoriale di Alessio Fiore e Luigi Provero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Viella, 2013

ISBN

9788867280599

Descrizione fisica

575 p., [4] carte di tav : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

La storia. Saggi ; 4

Disciplina

945.63202

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

945.632 WICC 01

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia