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 Primary Education (RLE Edu K)

The Philosophy of Primary Education (RLE Edu K)
Author: R F Dearden
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113649264X

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: 305
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136491813

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.

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.

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.

Problems in Primary Education (RLE Edu K)

Problems in Primary Education (RLE Edu K)
Author: R F Dearden
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2012-05-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136492577

The first part of the book discusses aims, who should determine them and how they might be determined. The second part discusses some more specific topics of learning and teaching, such as learning how to learn, the integrated day and the use of competition. The author distinguishes three broad levels of thought in looking at schools: the details of choice and decision; the general principles which are, or ought to be, guiding that detailed practice; and the theoretical commentaries on the guiding principles available from the various disciplines which constitute the study of education.

Perspectives on Plowden (RLE Edu K)

Perspectives on Plowden (RLE Edu K)
Author: R S Peters
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136491317

The Plowden Report, Children and their Primary Schools (1967), had a huge impact on education in the latter 20th century, but at the time was labelled as left-wing, and of no practical use to the problems of education in the 1960s. The contributors to this volume were all concerned with the educational thinking of the Plowden Report, and its appropriateness or otherwise to the educational needs of the day. In quarters where the Plowden Report was treated as an authoritative textbook, the views in this volume provide a valuable critique.

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.

Moral Philosophy for Education (RLE Edu K)

Moral Philosophy for Education (RLE Edu K)
Author: Robin Barrow
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136494812

Teachers and students are frequently confused as to the relevance of abstract philosophical theorising to the reality of the classroom and this book is distinctive for the attention it devotes to philosophy and its potential contribution to practical matters, and education in particular. The author is critical of many current views of the philosophy of education and argues the validity of philosophy as an integral part of education in its own right, against the creation of a ‘new’ branch of philosophy, the ‘philosophy of education’. The book stresses that relativist ethical theories are no more ‘known’ to be valid than the absolutist theories they have replaced, and in the second section the author argues for a modified utilitarian position. The final section enables the reader to relate the general argument of the second part to several specific issues.

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.