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A Companion to the Philosophy of Education


A Companion to the Philosophy of Education


Blackwell Companions to Philosophy 1. Aufl.

von: Randall Curren

44,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 15.04.2008
ISBN/EAN: 9780470997239
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 656

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<p><b><i>A Companion to the Philosophy of Education</i> is a comprehensive guide to philosophical thinking about education.</b></p> <ul> <li>Offers a state-of-the-art account of current and controversial issues in education, including issues pertaining to multiculturalism, special education, sex education, and academic freedom.</li> <li>Written by an international team of leading experts, who are directly engaged with these profound and complex educational problems.</li> <li>Serves as an indispensable guide to the field of philosophy of education.</li> </ul>
<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p> <p>Preface xvi</p> <p>Introduction 1<br /> <i>Randall Curren</i></p> <p><b>Part I Historical and Contemporary Movements 5</b></p> <p>1 The Socratic Movement 7<br /> <i>C. D. C. Reeve</i></p> <p>2 Stoicism 25<br /> <i>Christopher Gill</i></p> <p>3 The Judaic Tradition 33<b><br /> </b><i>Hanan A. Alexander and Shmuel Glick</i></p> <p>4 The Educational Thought of Augustine 50<b><br /> </b><i>Gareth B. Matthews</i></p> <p>5 Humanism 62<b><br /> </b><i>Craig Kallendorf</i></p> <p>6 Enlightenment Liberalism 73<b><br /> </b><i>Amy M. Schmitter, Nathan Tarcov, and Wendy Donner</i></p> <p>7 Rousseau, Dewey, and Democracy 94<b><br /> </b><i>Patrick Riley and Jennifer Welchman</i></p> <p>8 Kant, Hegel, and the Rise of Pedagogical Science 113<b><br /> </b><i>G. Felicitas Munzel</i></p> <p>9 Romanticism 130<b><br /> </b><i>Frederick C. Beiser</i></p> <p>10 The Past as Future? Hellenism, the Gymnasium, and Altertumswissenschaft 143<b><br /> </b><i>Wolfgang Mann</i></p> <p>11 Critical Theory 161<b><br /> </b><i>Douglas Kellner</i></p> <p>12 The Analytical Movement 176<b><br /> </b><i>Randall Curren, Emily Robertson, and Paul Hager</i></p> <p>13 Feminism 192<b><br /> </b><i>Jane Roland Martin</i></p> <p>14 Postmodernism 206<b><br /> </b><i>David E. Cooper</i></p> <p><b>Part II Teaching and Learning 219</b></p> <p>15 The Nature and Purposes of Education 221<b><br /> </b><i>Paul Standish</i></p> <p>16 Theories of Teaching and Learning 232<b><br /> </b><i>D. C. Phillips</i></p> <p>17 The Capacity to Learn 246<b><br /> </b><i>Carol Wren and Thomas Wren</i></p> <p>18 Motivation and Classroom Management 260<b><br /> </b><i>Richard Ryan and Martin Lynch</i></p> <p>19 The Measurement of Learning 272<b><br /> </b><i>Andrew Davis</i></p> <p>20 Knowledge, Truth, and Learning 285<b><br /> </b><i>Jonathan E. Adler</i></p> <p>21 Cultivating Reason 305<b><br /> </b><i>Harvey Siegel</i></p> <p>22 Moral Education 320<b><br /> </b><i>Graham Haydon</i></p> <p>23 Religious Education 332<b><br /> </b><i>Gabriel Moran</i></p> <p>24 Teaching Science 342<b><br /> </b><i>Michael R. Matthews</i></p> <p>25 Teaching Elementary Arithmetic through Applications 354<b><br /> </b><i>Mark Steiner</i></p> <p>26 Aesthetics and the Educative Powers of Art 365<b><br /> </b><i>Noël Carroll</i></p> <p>27 Teaching Literature 384<b><br /> </b><i>Richard Smith</i></p> <p><b>Part III The Politics and Ethics of Schooling 395</b></p> <p>28 The Authority and Responsibility to Educate 397<b><br /> </b><i>Amy Gutmann</i></p> <p>29 Church, State, and Education 412<b><br /> </b><i>William Galston</i></p> <p>30 Common Schooling and Educational Choice 430<b><br /> </b><i>Rob Reich</i></p> <p>31 Children’s Rights 443<br /> <i>James G. Dwyer</i></p> <p>32 Education and Standards of Living 456<b><br /> </b><i>Christian Barry</i></p> <p>33 Educational Equality and Justice 471<b><br /> </b><i>Harry Brighouse</i></p> <p>34 Multicultural Education 487<b><br /> </b><i>Robert K. Fullinwider</i></p> <p>35 Education and the Politics of Identity 501<b><br /> </b><i>Yael Tamir</i></p> <p>36 The Ethics of Teaching 509<b><br /> </b><i>Kenneth A. Strike</i></p> <p>37 Inclusion and Justice in Special Education 525<b><br /> </b><i>Robert F. Ladenson</i></p> <p>38 Sex Education 540<b><br /> </b><i>David Archard</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Higher Education 549</b></p> <p>39 Ethics and the Aims of American Higher Education 551<b><br /> </b><i>Minda Rae Amiran</i></p> <p>40 Universities in a Fluid Age 561<b><br /> </b><i>Ronald Barnett</i></p> <p>41 Academic Freedom 569<b><br /> </b><i>Robert L. Simon</i></p> <p>42 The Ethics of Research 583<b><br /> </b><i>Michael Davis</i></p> <p>43 Affirmative Action in Higher Education 593<b><br /> </b><i>Bernard Boxill</i></p> <p>44 The Professor–Student Relationship and the Regulation of Student Life 605<b><br /> </b><i>Peter J. Markie</i></p> <p>45 The Role of Ethics in Professional Education 617<b><br /> </b><i>Norman E. Bowie</i></p> <p>Index 627</p>
<br /> <p>"The philosophy of education encompasses problems from many areas of philosophy –epistemology, philosophy of mind, professional ethics, and the theory of distributive justice, to name just a few – and the essays in this useful volume accurately reflect the field's breadth. Randall Curren has done an excellent job of enlisting accomplished and influential authors as contributors. His <b>Companion</b> will set the standard, both as a teaching tool and as a first source of information, for years to come." <i>George Sher, Rice University</i><br /> </p> <p>"Randall Curren has put together an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of essays on the philosophy of education. It should be of value to anyone interested in contemporary issues or historical figures in the field." <i>Catherine Elgin, Harvard Graduate School of Education</i></p>
<b>Randall Curren </b>is Professor and Chair of Philosophy and Professor of Education at the University of Rochester. He is the author of <i>Aristotle on the Necessity of Public Education</i> (2000) and other works in the philosophy of education, ethics, ancient Greek philosophy, political philosophy, and the philosophy of law. He is also the editor of <i>Philosophy of Education: An Anthology</i> (2006), and co-editor of the journal <i>Theory and Research in Education</i>.
<i>A Companion to the Philosophy of Education</i> is a comprehensive guide to philosophical thinking about education.<br /> <p>Written by an international team of leading experts, the volume opens with an authoritative survey of major figures and movements and then explores the most important – and at times controversial – topics of current interest in philosophy of education.<br /> </p> <p>Contributors explore such topics as educational testing and measurement, knowledge and truth, critical thinking, intelligence, and learning disabilities. They also address a range of much debated issues in the politics and ethics of schooling, including church–state issues, educational choice, educational justice, equality and standards of living, multiculturalism, the ethics of special education, and sex education. The final section looks at issues in the philosophy and ethics of higher education, including academic freedom, conflicts of academic and economic values, and racial justice.<br /> </p> <p>This volume is a vital and comprehensive resource for anyone interested in the philosophy of education.</p>
<br /> <p>"The philosophy of education encompasses problems from many areas of philosophy –epistemology, philosophy of mind, professional ethics, and the theory of distributive justice, to name just a few – and the essays in this useful volume accurately reflect the field's breadth. Randall Curren has done an excellent job of enlisting accomplished and influential authors as contributors. His <b>Companion</b> will set the standard, both as a teaching tool and as a first source of information, for years to come." <i>George Sher, Rice University</i><br /> </p> <p>"Randall Curren has put together an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of essays on the philosophy of education. It should be of value to anyone interested in contemporary issues or historical figures in the field." <i>Catherine Elgin, Harvard Graduate School of Education</i></p>

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