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Philosophical Foundations of Education

ISBN: 9780130423993 | 0130423998
Edition: 7th
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2003

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SummaryTable of Contents
For Philosophical Foundations of Education, Introduction/Foundations of Education, or Social Foundations of Education courses. Presenting breadth and depth of coverage in a highly readable style, the seventh edition of this popular survey text again provides balanced treatment of all the major schools of thought about education. The authors address how philosophical ideas about education developed over timearranging their coverage in chronological orderand pay close attention to historical context, while emphasizing each philosophy's continuing... MORE
Introduction1(1)
The Need for Philosophy of Education
1(1)
Branches of Philosophy
2(4)
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Theory and Practice in Education
6(4)
The Quest in Philosophy in Education
10(2)
Developing a Philosophical Perspective on Education
12(1)
Selected Readings
13(1)
Idealism and Education
14(34)
Development of Idealism
14(6)
Platonic Idealism
15(3)
Religious Idealism
18(2)
Development of Modern Idealism
20(7)
Idealism as a Philosophy of Education
27(10)
Aims of Education
28(4)
Methods of Education
32(3)
Curriculum
35(1)
Role of the Teacher
36(1)
Critique of Idealism in Education
37(4)
Plato: The Republic
41(3)
Kant: Education
44(2)
Selected Readings
46(2)
Realism and Education
48(43)
Classical Traditions
48(8)
Aristotelian Realism
48(5)
Religious Realism
53(3)
Development of Modern Realism
56(3)
Contemporary Realism
59(6)
Realism as a Philosophy of Education
65(12)
Aims of Education
65(6)
Methods of Education
71(3)
Curriculum
74(1)
Role of the Teacher
75(2)
Critique of Realism in Education
77(4)
Aristotle: The Politics and Ethics of Aristotle
81(5)
Locke: Some Concerning Education
86(3)
Selected Re
89(2)
Eastern Philosophy, Religion, and Education
91(36)
The Development of Eastern Thought
92(1)
Far Eastern and Indian Thought
92(16)
Indian Thought
93(9)
Chinese Thought
102(4)
Japanese Thought
106(2)
Middle Eastern Thought
108(5)
Eastern Thought and Philosophy of Education
113(3)
Aims of Education
113(2)
Methods and Curriculum
115(1)
Role of the Teacher
116(1)
Critique of Eastern Philosophy in Education
116(6)
Bhagavad-Gita
118(4)
Suzuki: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
122(4)
Selected Readings
126(1)
Pragmatism and Education
127(40)
Roots of the Pragmatist Worldview
127(7)
Induction: A New Way of Thinking
128(1)
Centrality of Experience
129(3)
Science and Society
132(2)
American Pragmatists
134(10)
Pragmatism as a Philosophy of Education
144(10)
Aims of Education
145(3)
Methods of Education
148(2)
Curriculum
150(1)
Role of the Teachers
151(3)
Critique of Pragmatism in Education
154(2)
James: Talks to Teachers
156(5)
Dewey: Democracy and Education
161(5)
Selected Readings
166(1)
Reconstructionism and Education
167(33)
Historical Background of Reconstructionism
167(4)
Philosophy of Reconstructionism
171(9)
Reconstructionism as a Philosophy of Education
180(10)
Education and the Human Crisis
180(3)
Role of the School
183(2)
Aims of Education
185(1)
Methods of Education
186(1)
Curriculum
187(2)
Role of the Teacher
189(1)
Critique of Reconstructiorusm in Education
190(3)
Counts: Dare the Schools Build a New Social Order?
193(3)
Shane and Shane: Educating the Youngest for Tomorrow
196(3)
Selected Readings
199(1)
Behaviorism and Education
200(34)
Philosophical Bases of Behaviorism
201(5)
Realism
201(1)
Materialism
202(1)
Early Behaviorists
203(1)
Behaviorism and Positivism
204(2)
Philosophical Aspects of Behaviorism
206(6)
Behaviorism as a Philosophy of Education
212(8)
Aims of Education
212(3)
Methods and Curriculum
215(4)
Role of the Teacher
219(1)
Critique of Behaviorism in Education
220(4)
Hobbes: The Leviathan
224(4)
Skinner: Beyond Freedom and Dignity
228(4)
Selected Readings
232(2)
Existentialism, Phenomenology, and Education
234(35)
Existentialist Philosophers and Their Thought
234(7)
Existentialism in Modern Life
241(2)
Phenomenological Philosophers and Their Thought
243(4)
Heidegger and Phenomenology
244(2)
Phenomenology and Hermeneutics
246(1)
Existentialism and Phenomenology in Philosophy of Education
247(11)
Aims of Education
247(5)
Methods of Education
252(3)
Curriculum
255(1)
Role of the Teacher
255(3)
Critique of Existentialism and Phenomenology in Education
258(3)
Sartre: Existentialism and Humanism
261(3)
Greene: Landscapes of Learning
264(3)
Selected Readings
267(2)
Analytic Philosophy and Education
269(35)
Analytic Movement in Philosophy
269(13)
Realism and the Early Analytic Movement
270(4)
Logical Positivism anal Analysis
274(3)
Linguistic Analysis
277(5)
Philosophical Analysis and Philosophy of Education
282(10)
Aims of Education
286(3)
Methods of Education
289(2)
Curriculum
291(1)
Role of the Teacher
291(1)
Critique of Analytic Philosophy in Education
292(3)
Martin: On the Reduction of ``Knowing That'' to ``Knowing, How''
295(3)
Barrow: Does the Question ``What Is Education?'' Make Sense?
298(4)
Selected Readings
302(2)
Marxism and Education
304(33)
Origins of Marxism
304(3)
Materialism
304(2)
Socialism
306(1)
Political Economy
306(1)
The Philosophy of Karl Marx
307(7)
Western Marxism and the Origins of ``Critical Theory''
314(3)
The Frankfurt School
315(2)
Marxism as a Philosophy of Education
317(9)
Aims of Education
317(5)
Methods and Curriculum
322(3)
Role of the Teacher
325(1)
Critique of Marxism in Education
326(4)
Marx: On Education
330(5)
Selected Readings
335(2)
Philosophy, Education, and the Challenge of Postmodernism
337(33)
Postmodern Variety
337(2)
Postmodernism and Philosophy
339(7)
Postmodern Philosophy and Its European Backgrounds
340(5)
Criticisms of Postmodernism
345(1)
Postmodern Philosophy and Education
346(9)
Aims of Education
348(3)
Methods and Curriculum
351(2)
Role of the Teacher
353(2)
Critique of Postmodernism in Education
355(3)
Giroux: Border Pedagogy as Postmodern Resistance
358(5)
Nuyen: Lyotard as Moral Educator
363(6)
Selected Readings
369(1)
Useful Web Sites and Internet Links370(3)
Selected Bibliography373(11)
Index384

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