Philosophy of Education

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9780813343235
ISBN 10:
0813343232
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/25/2006
Publisher: Perseus Books
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Summary

Philosophy

FIGURES

PREFACE

xiii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xvii

1 Philosophy of Education Before the Twentieth Century

(22)

Socrates and Plato

(7)

Aristotle

(3)

Rousseau

(5)

Pestalozzi, Herbart, and Froebel

(5)

Summary Questions

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

(1)

2 The Philosophical and Educational Thought of John Dewey

(20)

Dewey's Philosophical Orientation

(2)

The Meaning and Aims of Education

(3)

Dewey's Psychology

(3)

Dewey's Theory of Knowledge

(3)

Democracy and Education

(4)

The Place of Subject Matter

(1)

Dewey Today: An Assessment

(3)

Summary Questions

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

(1)

3 Analytic Philosophy

(18)

Philosophical Analysis in Education

(3)

The Analysis of Teaching

(10)

Current Analyses of Teaching

(4)

Summary Questions

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

(1)

4 Continental Philosophy

(24)

Existentialism

(9)

Phenomenology

(2)

Critical Theory

(4)

Hermeneutics

(1)

Postmodernism

(8)

Summary Questions

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

(2)

5 Logic and Critical Thinking

(22)

Formal Logic

(7)

Informal Logic

(6)

McPeck's View of Critical Thinking

(1)

An Alternative Approach

(8)

Summary Questions

105

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

106

(1)

6 Epistemology and Education

107

(26)

Justified True Belief

108

(2)

Foundationalism

110

(3)

Truth

113

(3)

Nonfoundational Theories of Knowledge

116

(6)

Epistemology and Education

122

(4)

Constructivism

126

(7)

Summary Question

131

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

132

(1)

7 Philosophy of Social Science and Educational Research

133

(18)

How Does Science Grow?

133

(6)

A Debate in Educational Research

139

(6)

Some Examples

145

(6)

Summary Questions

148

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

149

(2)

8 Ethics and Moral Education

151

(26)

Pre-Enlightenment Ethics

152

(5)

Enlightenment Ethics

157

(2)

Utilitarianism

159

(4)

Deweyan Ethics

163

(3)

Moral Education

166

(2)

Cognitive Developmentalism

168

(9)

Summary Questions

175

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

176

(1)

9 Social and Political Philosophy

177

(22)

The Current Debate

177

(6)

Justice and Equality in Education

183

(16)

Summary Questions

197

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

198

(1)

10 Problems of School Reform

199

(14)

Equality

199

(5)

Accountability

204

(3)

Standards

207

(3)

Testing

210

(3)

Summary Questions

211

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

212

(1)

11 Feminism, Philosophy, and Education

213

(24)

Feminist Critiques of Philosophy

213

(3)

Epistemology

216

(3)

Philosophy of Social Science

219

(2)

Ethics

221

(5)

Care and Education

226

(11)

Summary Questions

234

(1)

Introduction to the Literature

235

(2)

NOTES

237

(16)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

253

(8)

INDEX

261

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