Issues & Alts in Ed Philosophy / Knight, George R / (PB/1998-1998/B/USED)

*Condition Note: Book is clean inside and has prominent creasing on the cover.*

Knight offers a survey of philosophies and philosophic issues in education. His book presents educational theories, from scholasticism to educational anarchism, that have existed throughout time.

Part I touches on basic issues in philosophy and the relationship between philosophy and education.

In Part II, Knight explains how traditional and modern philosophic issues develop and affect educational practices.

Part III stresses the need for a personal philosophy of education and offers the teacher ways to build such a philosophy.

CONTENTS 

A Word to the Reader
A Note on the Third Edition
PART ONE: BASIC ISSUES
1. The Nature of Philosophy and Education
Why Study Philosophy of Education?
What is Philosophy?
What is Education?
The Role of the School in Society
2. Philosophic Issues in Education
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Axiology
Philosophic Issues and Educational Goals and Practices
Perspective
PART TWO: PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION
3. Traditional Philosophies and Education
The Function and Limitation of Labels
Idealism
Realism
Neo-scholasticism
Perspective
4. Modern Philosophies and Education
Pragmatism
Existentialism
Perspective
5. The Postmodern Impulse
Preliminary Observations
Philosophic Roots
Varieties of Postmodernism
Postmodernism and Education
Perspective
6. Contemporary Theories of Education
Progressivism
Educational Humanism in Relation to Progressivism
Perennialism
Essentialism
Reconstructionism
Futurism in Relation to Reconstructionism
Critical Pedagogy in Relation to Reconstructionism
Behaviorism
Educational Anarchism: The Deschooling Proposal
Perspective
7. Analytic Philosophy and Education
The Analytic Movement in Philosophy
The Role of Philosophic Analysis in Education
Evaluation of Analytic Philosophy
The Complementary Roles of Analytic and Comprehensive Philosophy
Perspective
PART THREE: TOWARD A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY
8. Toward a Personal Philosophy of Education
The Need for a Personal Philosophy of Education
Developing a Personal Philosophy of Education
Implementing a Personal Philosophy of Education
Bibliography
Index

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