Philosophy and Education / Knight, George R / (PB/1998-1998/B+/USED)

*Condition Note: Book is moderately marked in pencil and has minor wear to the cover/spine.*

Knight offers a survey of philosophies and philosophic issues in education. Teachers, students of education, and other readers will find this book a "helpful guide for analyzing educational purposes and practices in the light of their basic beliefs."

Besides investigating the relationship between philosophy and education and discussing how philosophies have affected contemporary practices in the classroom, Knight offers a Christian approach to philosophy and relates such an approach to educational practices.

CONTENTS 

List of Figures

A Word to the Reader

A Note on the Third Edition

Basic Concepts
The Nature of Philosophy and Education
Why Study Philosophy of Education?
What is Philosophy?
What is Education?
The Role of the School in Society

Philosophic Issues in Education
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Axiology
Philosophic Issues and Educational Goals and Practices
Summary of Part I

Philosophy and Education
Traditional Philosophies and Education
The Function and Limitation of Labels
Idealism
Realism
Neo-scholasticism
Critique and Perspective

Modern Philosophies and Education
Pragmatism
Existentialism
Critique and Perspective

The Postmodern Impulse
Preliminary Observations
Philosophic Roots
Varieties of Postmodernism
Postmodernism and Education
Critique and Perspective

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
Critique and Perspective

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
Critique and Perspective
Summary of Part II

Philosophy and Christian Education
The Necessity of Building a Personal Philosophy of Education
A Central Problem of Christian Education
The Unsatisfactory Nature of Eclecticism for Christian Education
Toward a Philosophy of Christian Education

A Christian Approach to Philosophy
Some Observations Concerning Metaphysics
A Christian Perspective on Epistemology
Some Axiological Considerations
Christian Philosophy and Education

A Christian Approach to Education

Another Word to the Reader

Bibliography

Index

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