03235nam 2200625Ia 450 991081435110332120200520144314.01-4384-2642-91-4416-1863-510.1515/9781438426426(CKB)1000000000787729(OCoLC)434607276(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588874(SSID)ssj0000107041(PQKBManifestationID)11138501(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000107041(PQKBWorkID)10014010(PQKB)11203954(Au-PeEL)EBL3408323(CaPaEBR)ebr10588874(DE-B1597)682331(DE-B1597)9781438426426(MiAaPQ)EBC3408323(EXLCZ)99100000000078772920080929d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAt home in the world human nature, ecological thought, and education after Darwin /Eilon Schwartz1st ed.Albany SUNY Pressc20091 online resource (233 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4384-2626-7 1-4384-2625-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The making of Darwinism -- Darwin and the good in human nature -- Nature's lessons : applying evolutionary theory to educational philosophy in the nineteenth century -- From philosophy of nature to educational philosophy -- Spencer's educational philosophy -- Huxley's educational philosophy -- Kropotkin's educational philosophy -- Conclusion -- Dewey's Darwinism : human nature and the interdependence of life -- Change and growth are the essential features of Darwinism -- Human beings can only be understood as part of the natural world -- The natural and the social : Dewey's notion of habit -- Human beings are by nature social animals, and can only be understood through their sociability -- Living in the world : democracy as a natural value -- Dewey's Darwinian educational philosophy -- Mary Midgley and the ecological telos -- Innate needs -- The teleological implications of having needs -- Feminism and human nature : a case study in teleological thinking -- On building a whole life -- Moral objectivity and the reality of evil -- Breaking down the is/ought dichotomy -- A transcendent life -- A Darwinian education -- The aims and purposes of education : a Darwinian perspective -- Emotions and reason -- Particularism and universalism -- From nature to culture : a Darwinian curriculum -- Cultivating wonder : educational didactics -- Final thoughts.Explores how Darwin's theory of human nature can inform educational philosophy.Nature and nurtureEvolution (Biology)Social DarwinismNature and nurture.Evolution (Biology)Social Darwinism.370.1/2Schwartz Eilon1958-1627170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814351103321At home in the world3963610UNINA