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Record Nr.

UNISA996203923603316

Titolo

A companion to the philosophy of education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Randall Curren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell, c2003

ISBN

9780631228370

9780470996454

1-4051-4051-8

1-4051-6441-7

1-78268-629-0

1-280-28469-2

9786610284696

0-470-70448-9

1-4051-2321-4

1-282-34976-7

9786612349768

0-470-99723-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (658 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to philosophy ; ; 27

Altri autori (Persone)

CurrenRandall R

Disciplina

370/.1

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Teaching

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

A Companion to the Philosophy of Education; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I Historical and Contemporary Movements; 1 The Socratic Movement; 2 Stoicism; 3 The Judaic Tradition; 4 The Educational Thought of Augustine; 5 Humanism; 6 Enlightenment Liberalism; 7 Rousseau, Dewey, and Democracy; 8 Kant, Hegel, and the Rise of Pedagogical Science; 9 Romanticism; 10 The Past as Future? Hellenism, the Gymnasium, and Altertumswissenschaft; 11 Critical Theory; 12 The Analytical Movement; 13 Feminism; 14 Postmodernism; Part II Teaching and Learning

15 The Nature and Purposes of Education16 Theories of Teaching and



Learning; 17 The Capacity to Learn; 18 Motivation and Classroom Management; 19 The Measurement of Learning; 20 Knowledge, Truth, and Learning; 21 Cultivating Reason; 22 Moral Education; 23 Religious Education; 24 Teaching Science; 25 Teaching Elementary Arithmetic through Applications; 26 Aesthetics and the Educative Powers of Art; 27 Teaching Literature; Part III The Politics and Ethics of Schooling; 28 The Authority and Responsibility to Educate; 29 Church, State, and Education; 30 Common Schooling and Educational Choice

31 Children's Rights32 Education and Standards of Living; 33 Educational Equality and Justice; 34 Multicultural Education; 35 Education and the Politics of Identity; 36 The Ethics of Teaching; 37 Inclusion and Justice in Special Education; 38 Sex Education; Part IV Higher Education; 39 Ethics and the Aims of American Higher Education; 40 Universities in a Fluid Age; 41 Academic Freedom; 42 The Ethics of Research; 43 Affirmative Action in Higher Education; 44 The Professor-Student Relationship and the Regulation of Student Life; 45 The Role of Ethics in Professional Education; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Companion to the Philosophy of Education is a comprehensive guide to philosophical thinking about education. Offers a state-of-the-art account of current and controversial issues in education, including issues pertaining to multiculturalism, special education, sex education, and academic freedom. Written by an international team of leading experts, who are directly engaged with these profound and complex educational problems. Serves as an indispensable guide to the field of philosophy of education.