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.

Educational Theory (RLE Edu K)

Educational Theory (RLE Edu K)
Author: Terence W Moore
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113649054X

This book comes strongly to the defence of educational theory and shows that it has a structure and integrity of its own. The author argues that the validity of educational theory may best be judged in terms of the various assumptions made in it. His argument is illustrated by a review and critique of some particularly influential theories of education: those of Plato, Rousseau, James Mill and John Dewey. He stresses the need for an on-going, contemporary, general theory of education and examines the ways in which the disciplines of psychology, sociology and philosophy can contribute to a general theory of this kind.

Theory & Practice in Education (RLE Edu K)

Theory & Practice in Education (RLE Edu K)
Author: R F Dearden
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2012-05-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113649250X

The main concern of the volume is the relation of theory to practice in education but the book also reviews the state of educational theory, and its relation to politics. Beginning with a group of papers on specific areas of the relation between theory and practice, the book goes on to discuss aspects of the curriculum, such as curricular principles in recent official reports, the newly emerging theme of general abilities, and controversial material in the curriculum. The theme of the third group of articles is personal autonomy, one of the very few generally supported educational aims of recent years, and a final group presents a retrospective view of the Plowden Report.

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.

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.

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.