Religious fundamentalism and American education : the battle for the public schools by Provenzo, Eugene F.

“…SUNY series in philosophy of education…”


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A pedagogy of becoming

“…Value inquiry book series. Philosophy of education…”


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What's worth teaching? : selecting, organizing, and integrating knowledge by Brady, Marion, 1927-

“…SUNY series in philosophy of education…”


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Routledge international companion to education

Table of Contents: “…Philosophy of education /…”


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Issues & alternatives in educational philosophy by Knight, George R.

Table of Contents: “…The nature of philosophy and education -- Philosophic issues in education -- Traditional philosophies and education -- Modern philosophies and education -- The postmodern impulse -- Contemporary theories of education -- Analytic philosophy and education -- Toward a personal philosophy of education.…”


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John Dewey on education : selected writings by Dewey, John, 1859-1952

Table of Contents: “…Philosophy and education -- Ethics and education -- Aesthetics and education -- Science and education -- Psychology and education -- Society and education -- Principles of pedagogy.…”


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Idealism in education by Butler, J. Donald (James Donald), 1908-1994

Table of Contents: “…A brief history of idealism -- A systematic synopsis of the philosophy of idealism -- Idealism as a philosophy of education -- Strengths and weaknesses in the philosophy of idealism.…”


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Starting with Rousseau by Delaney, James, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to Rousseau and the enlightenment period -- Progress and modern society -- The state of nature and human history -- Philosophy of education -- Political philosophy -- Rousseau's autobiographical works.…”


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Rethinking democratic education : the politics of reform by Steiner, David M.

Table of Contents: “…The politics of reform -- The buried triangle: democracy, philosophy, and education in ancient Athens -- Rousseau and the education of restraint -- The education of the sovereign -- Dewey and the vocabulary of growth -- The education of experience: the politics of language and science -- Thinking to learn.…”


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At home in the world : human nature, ecological thought, and education after Darwin by Schwartz, Eilon, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…The making of Darwinism -- Darwin and the good in human nature -- Nature's lessons : applying evolutionary theory to educational philosophy in the nineteenth century -- From philosophy of nature to educational philosophy -- Spencer's educational philosophy -- Huxley's educational philosophy -- Kropotkin's educational philosophy -- Conclusion -- Dewey's Darwinism : human nature and the interdependence of life -- Change and growth are the essential features of Darwinism -- Human beings can only be understood as part of the natural world -- The natural and the social : Dewey's notion of habit -- Human beings are by nature social animals, and can only be understood through their sociability -- Living in the world : democracy as a natural value -- Dewey's Darwinian educational philosophy -- Mary Midgley and the ecological telos -- Innate needs -- The teleological implications of having needs -- Feminism and human nature : a case study in teleological thinking -- On building a whole life -- Moral objectivity and the reality of evil -- Breaking down the is/ought dichotomy -- A transcendent life -- A Darwinian education -- The aims and purposes of education : a Darwinian perspective -- Emotions and reason -- Particularism and universalism -- From nature to culture : a Darwinian curriculum -- Cultivating wonder : educational didactics -- Final thoughts.…”


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Authentic educating by Leahy, Robert, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Introducing authentic educating -- Developing a philosophy of education -- How to use concept maps -- The Vee as a learning tool -- Authenticity in the classroom : from literature to one-act plays and personal journals -- Panels, presentations, papers, and projects -- The future of authentic education.…”


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Young, gifted, and Black : promoting high achievement among African-American students by Perry, Theresa

Table of Contents: “…Up from the parched earth: toward a theory of African-American achievement -- Freedom for literacy and literacy for freedom: the African-American philosophy of education -- Competing theories of group achievement -- Achieving in post-Civil Rights America: the outline of a theory -- Stereotype threat and African-American student achievement -- No mystery: closing the achievement gap between Africans and excellence.…”


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American pragmatism and education; an interpretation and criticism. by Childs, John L. (John Lawrence), 1889-1985

Table of Contents: “…Part One: The pragmatic reconstruction in philosophy and education : The cutural roots of pragmatism ; Experimental method and the nuture of the young ; The natural and the human ; The evolution of the mind ; Democracy and pragmatism ; Industrialism and the new education -- Part Two: Prgamatism and the new education : Kilpatrick -- Education for character through the purposeful act ; Counts -- Education through induction into the life of a civilization ; Bode -- Education through the continuous reconstruction of experience ; The pragmatic theory of education re-examined ; Pragmatism and religion ; Pragmatism and the future of American education.…”


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Research guide to philosophy by Tice, Terrence N.

Table of Contents: “…Contemporary philosophical inquiry -- Epistemology : theory of knowledge -- Logic -- Philosophy of language and linguistic philosophy -- Metaphysics -- Philosophy of mind -- Philosophy of action -- Axiology : values inquiry -- Ethics : moral philosophy -- Philosophy of science -- Philosophy of history -- Social-political philosophy -- Philosophy of law -- Aesthetics : philosophy of art -- Philosophy of religion -- Philosophy of psychology and psychoanalysis -- Philosophy of education -- III. Reference works.…”


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The Cambridge companion to Dewey

Table of Contents: “…Tiles -- Cognitive science and Dewey's theory of mind, thought, and language / Mark Johnson -- John Dewey on action / Matthias Jung -- Dewey's moral philosophy / Jennifer Welchman -- Ethics as moral inquiry: Dewey and the moral psychology of social reform / James Bohman -- Dewey and pragmatic religious naturalism / Sami Pihlström -- Dewey's aesthetics / Richard Eldridge -- Dewey's philosophy of education: a critique from the perspective of care theory / Nel Noddings -- Dewey's vision of radical democracy / Richard J. …”


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Reconstructing democracy, recontextualizing Dewey : pragmatism and interactive constructivism in the twenty-first century

Table of Contents: “…Dewey's deeply democratic metaphysical therapeutic for the post-9/11 American democratic disease : toward cultural revitalization and political reinhabitation / Judith Green -- Democracy and education after Dewey -- pragmatist implications for constructivist pedagogy / Kersten Reich -- Dewey's pluralism reconsidered pragmatist and constructivist perspectives on diversity and difference / Stefan Neubert -- Evolutionary naturalism, logic, and lifelong learning : three keys to Dewey's philosophy of education / Larry A. Hickman -- Thinking desire : taking perspectives seriously / Charlene Haddock Seigfried -- A pragmatist approach to emotional expression and the construction of gender identity / Jim Garrison -- Moral norms and social inquiry / Hans Seigfried.…”


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Sometimes a shining moment : the Foxfire experience by Wigginton, Eliot

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Picturebooks, pedagogy, and philosophy by Haynes, Joanna, 1953-

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Experience and education by Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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Philosophers on education : six essays on the foundations of Western thought by Brumbaugh, Robert S. (Robert Sherrick), 1918-1992, Lawrence, Nathaniel M. (Nathaniel Morris), 1917-1986

Table of Contents: “…Some contemporary problems -- A prologue to future philosophies of education -- Conclusion.…”


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