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Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education : A Biographical Introduction

ISBN: 9780130131416 | 0130131415
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2001

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SummaryTable of Contents
Appropriate as a core text for Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education courses. This unique text is structured around the major movements in world history, the biographies of leading educators, and the philosophies and ideologies that resulted from their ideas. Particularly effective, is the author's use of biographies to enhance and examine the great movements in history. By reading the biographies of 22 theorists, philosophers and educators, students are able to better understand the human condition that shaped these major historical movements. This biographical focus, combined with an effective examination of history and philosophy, provides a clear interdisciplinary way to examine the development of educational ideas.
Educational Biography and the Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education
1(8)
Idealist Philosopher and Educator for the Perfect Society
9(18)
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Plato
Founder of Realism
27(14)
Aristotle
Rhetorical Educator in Service of the Emperor
41(12)
Quintilian
Scholastic Theologian and Creator of the Medieval Christian Synthesis
53(17)
Thomas Aquinas
Renaissance Humanist and Cosmopolitan Educator
70(14)
Desiderius Erasmus
Theologian and Educator of the Protestant Reformation
84(14)
John Calvin
Pansophist Educator and Proponent of International Education
98(11)
Johann Amos Comenius
Prophet of Naturalism
109(15)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Proponent of Educating the Heart and the Senses
124(25)
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Advocate of Republican Education
149(22)
Thomas Jefferson
Proponent of Women's Rights and Education
171(17)
Mary Wollstonecraft
Leader of the Common School Movement
188(23)
Horace Mann
Utopian Socialist and Communitarian Educator
211(19)
Robert Owen
Founder of the Kindergarten
230(18)
Friedrich Froebel
Proponent of Liberalism
248(20)
John Stuart Mill
Advocate of Individualism, Science, and Social Darwinism
268(17)
Herbert Spencer
Advocate of Socialized Education
285(17)
Jane Addams
Pragmatist Philosopher and Progressive Educator
302(21)
John Dewey
Proponent of Early Childhood Education
323(17)
Maria Montessori
Father of Indian Independence
340(18)
Mohandas Gandhi
Scholar and Activist for African American Rights
358(25)
W. E. B. Du Bois
Revolutionary Educator
383(23)
Mao Tse-tung
Index406

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