Philosophy of education : issues and options /
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| Language: | English |
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Downers Grove, Ill., U.S.A. :
InterVarsity Press,
©1986.
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| Series: | Contours of Christian philosophy
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Table of Contents:
- 1. What is philosophy of education? : Why study theory? ; Philosophy and educational theory ; Preliminary definitions and distinctions
- 2. Traditional philosophies of education : Idealism: minds and ideas ; Idealism and the educative process ; Evaluating idealism ; Naturalism: objects and order ; Naturalism and the educative process ; Evaluating naturalism ; Neo- Thomism: being and essence ; Neo-Thomism and the educative process ; Evaluating Neo- Thomism
- 3. Contemporary philosophies of education : Experimentalism: experience and society ; Experimentalism and the educative process ; Evaluating experimentalism ; Existentialism and the educative process ; Evaluating existentialism ; Philosophical analysis: logic and linguistics ; Philosophical analysis and the educative process ; Evaluating philosophical analysis
- 4. Toward a Christian perspective on education : Christianity and metaphysics ; Christianity and epistemology ; Christianity and axiology ; A Christian justification of education ; Christianity and the curriculum ; Christianity, teaching and learning ; Christianity and value education
- 5. Issues in educational theory : Liberal learning and general education ; The integration of faith and learning ; Education in morals and values ; Pedagogy and the educational enterprise
- 6. Issues in educational practice : Liberal education and vocational training ; Public and private education ; Academic rights and freedoms ; Teaching and indoctrination
- 7. Christianity and the pursuit of excellence : Education as product and process ; Intellect in the service of Christ.