The Philosophy of Primary Education

The Philosophy of Primary Education
Author: R. F. Dearden
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2011
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0415689430

This volume provides a rigorous examination of theoretical concepts such as need, interest, growth, play, experience, activity and self-expression. It also makes an important contribution towards getting a closely argued educational theory. In the first part of the book the author establishes general aims and ends with suggestions as to what the curriculum ought to be. The second part is concerned with the procedures of learning and teaching appropriate to such a curriculum.

The Philosophy of Education (RLE Edu K)

The Philosophy of Education (RLE Edu K)
Author: Harry Schofield
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136491805

There are many students who find philosophy of education difficult, because they have never received teaching in the basic essentials of general philosophy. This book begins by asking the basic question ‘what is philosophy?’ and examines a number of possible answers. Step by step the reader is introduced to the modern techniques of linguistic and concept analysis. Whenever a technical term is used it is explained and illustrated by reference to familiar situations in everyday life.

Plato and Education (RLE Edu K)

Plato and Education (RLE Edu K)
Author: Robin Barrow
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2012-05-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113649474X

This introduction to Plato’s philosophical and educational thought examines Plato’s views and relates them to issues and questions that occupy philosophers of education. Robin Barrow stresses the relevance of Plato today, while introducing the student both to Plato’s philosophy and to contemporary educational debate. In the first part of the book the author examines Plato’s historical background and summarizes the Republic. Successive chapters are concerned with the critical discussion of specific educational issues. He deals with questions relating to the impartial distribution of education, taking as a starting point Plato’s celebrated dictum that unequals should be treated unequally. He examines certain methodological concepts such as ‘discovery-learning’ and ‘play’ and also raises the wider question of children’s freedom. He looks critically at the content of the curriculum and discusses Plato’s theory of knowledge and attitude to art. Finally Robin Barrow discusses Plato’s view of moral education and the related problem of what constitutes moral indoctrination

A Modern Philosophy of Education (RLE Edu K)

A Modern Philosophy of Education (RLE Edu K)
Author: Godfrey Thomson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136491597

‘Philosophy’ in the context of this book means that the author is looking at education as a whole, without restrictions or simplifications; looking at ends and purposes, not merely at methods and means. He discusses early years education, the sociology and psychology of education as well as education in adolescence and adult education. Well-known as a critical pioneer of intelligence research the author discusses educational psychology as much as philosophy in this book.

The Logic of Education (RLE Edu K)

The Logic of Education (RLE Edu K)
Author: Paul H Hirst
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2012-05-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136492291

This book explores the implications for the curriculum, for teaching and for the authority structure of schools and colleges of an analysis of ‘education’ in which the development of knowledge and understanding is accorded a central position. The book explains what philosophy of education is, and by concentrating on its central concepts, initiates readers into exploring it for themselves. It also serves as a succinct introduction to the growing literature on philosophy of education in the UK.

Education, Society and Human Nature (RLE Edu K)

Education, Society and Human Nature (RLE Edu K)
Author: Anthony O'Hear
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136490477

Intended primarily for education students this book provides an introduction to the philosophy of education that tackles educational problems and at the same time relates them to the mainstream of philosophical analysis. Among the educational topics the book discusses are the aims of education, the two cultures debate, moral education, equality as an ideal and academic elitism. It examines the limitations of a purely technological education, and suggests the shape of a balanced curriculum. It critically analyses important educational theses in the work of Rousseau, Dewey, R S Peters, P H Hirst, F R Leavis, Ronald Dworkin and G H Bantock, among many others, and considers the philosophical copics of relativism, the nature of knowledge, the basis of moral choice, the value of democracy and the status of religious claims.

Education for Peace

Education for Peace
Author: Herbert Read
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0415697972

This book deals with the everlasting problem of war and peace. In it, the author argues that mankind must be predisposed for peace by the right kind of education and he discusses how to devise methods of education which will prevent war.

Educational Theory and Its Foundation Disciplines (RLE Edu K)

Educational Theory and Its Foundation Disciplines (RLE Edu K)
Author: Paul H Hirst
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136492364

At the time this book was first published the disciplines of philosophy of education, educational psychology, sociology of education and the history of education had developed rapidly. The papers in this volume outline the developments that took place. The first paper analyses the nature of a theory concerned with determining practice and the place of academic disciplines within that. What emerges is the crucial role of these disciplines, but also the need to develop much more adequately a domain of practical principles, assessed and critically reformulated in the light of those disciplines. The following papers are concerned with the contributions four of those disciplines are now making.

Educating the Virtues (RLE Edu K)

Educating the Virtues (RLE Edu K)
Author: David Carr
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2012-05-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136492712

Tracing the views on moral life of such past philosophers as Plato, Aristotle and Kant, as well as of such theorists as Durkheim, Freud, Piaget and Kohlberg, the author sets forth a full discussion of the nature and educational implications of the idea of moral virtue.