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

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (658 p.)
• Disciplina: 370/.1
• Soggetto topico: Education - Philosophy; Teaching
• Altri autori: CurrenRandall R
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A companion to the philosophy of education
• 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996203923603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Blackwell companions to philosophy ; ; 27.