Education and neoliberal globalization by Torres, Carlos Alberto

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : social theory and education : against neoliberal globalization -- A critique of neoliberal globalization -- Globalizations and education -- The banking education of the World Bank: expert knowledge, external assistance and educational reform in the age of neoliberalism : a critique of the World Bank -- No Child Left Behind : a brainchild of neoliberalism and American politics -- From critique to utopia : alternatives to neoliberal globalization -- Education, teachers' unions, and the state : the theses of Lisbon -- The political pedagogy of Paulo Freire -- Critical social theory and educational research -- Globalizations, education, and transformative social justice learning : a preliminary draft of a theory of marginality -- Biography as a genre of political pedagogical struggle -- Education, power, and personal biography : an interview with Carlos Alberto Torres by Armando Alcántara Santuario.…”


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Newman: the contemplation of mind by Vargish, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Early influences on newman's philosophy of mind -- Newman's philosophy of mind -- Liberalism: Newman's social criticism in relation to his philosophy of mind -- The alternative to liberalism: Newman's theories of education as related to his philosophy of mind -- Conversion: Newman's philosophy of mind in his novels and autobiography.…”


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Language education throughout the school years : a functional perspective by Christie, Frances

Table of Contents: “…A Language Theory for Educational Practice -- Early Childhood: The Initial Challenges of School Learning -- Late Childhood to Early Adolescence: Some Transitional Years -- The Years of Midadolescence: Dealing with Abstract Knowledge -- Late Adolescence to Adulthood: Engaging with Theoretical Knowledge -- The Overall Trajectory in Language Learning in School.…”


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Learning, creating, and using knowledge : concept maps as facilitative tools in schools and corporations by Novak, Joseph D. (Joseph Donald)

Table of Contents: “…An overview of the book -- The need for a theory of education -- Meaningful learning for empowerment -- The construction of new meanings -- Ausubel's assimilation learning theory -- The nature of knowledge and how humans create knowledge -- The effective teacher/manager -- The context for education/management -- Evaluation and rewards -- Improving education in schools and corporations.…”


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Toward a Christian philosophy of higher education.

Table of Contents: “…Rian -- Protestant theory of education / Joseph Haroutunian -- Faith and reason / J. …”


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Philosophy and education, a total view by Dupuis, Adrian M. (Adrian Maurice), Nordberg, Robert B.

Table of Contents: “…The conflict in modern education -- Education as a field of study -- Early Christian educational theory -- Medieval educational thought -- The philosophies of modern Catholic education -- Naturalism -- Progessivism and John Dewey's instrumentalism -- Scientific realism -- Marxism and education -- Atheistic existentialism -- Idealism -- Role of philosophy of education in building the future.…”


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Quintilian on education by Quintilian

Table of Contents: “…Roman theory of education before Quintilian's time -- Political and social environment of Quintilian's teaching -- Quintilian's theory -- Elementary instruction -- School of the grammaticus -- School of rhetoric -- Elements of permanent value in his doctrine -- Quintilian's influence upon some later writers -- Some authorities consulted -- Selected passages from the institutio oratoria.…”


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Piaget's theory of cognitive and affective development : foundations of constructivism by Wadsworth, Barry J.

Table of Contents: “…The implications of Piaget's theory for education: principles of constructivism -- 9. …”


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Hellenica ; a collection of essays on Greek poetry, philosophy, history, and religion. by Abbott, Evelyn, 1843-1901

Table of Contents: “…--The theology and ethics of Sophocles, by E. Abbott.--The theory of education in Plato's Republic, by R. L. Nettleship.…”


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Ideology, culture & the process of schooling by Giroux, Henry A.

Table of Contents: “…Schooling and the culture of positivism : notes on the death of history -- Beyond the limits of radical educational reform : toward a critical theory of education -- Beyond the correspondence theory : notes on the dynamics of educational reproduction and transformation -- Dialectics and the development of curriculum theory -- Paulo Freire's approach to radical educational theory and practice -- Teacher education and the ideology of social control.…”


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Gender and education : an encyclopedia

Table of Contents: “…V. 1. Gendered theories of education -- Gender issues in educational research -- Institutional contexts for gendered education -- Gender constructions in the official curriculum -- Gendered achievements in the official curriculum -- v. 2. …”


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Careers in teaching by Heaton, J. Barrett

Table of Contents: “…Considering a career in teaching -- What you can do to start today -- The wide array of opportunities in teaching -- Different levels of education -- Different places, different schools -- Choosing a content area -- Different theories in education -- Going to school to become a teacher -- Weighing the costs and benefits of teaching -- Areas of demand for teachers.…”


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Theory and resistance in education : a pedagogy for the opposition by Giroux, Henry A.

Table of Contents: “…Giroux -- Critical Theory and Educational Practice -- Schooling and the politics of the Hidden Curriculum -- Reproduction, Resistance, and Accommodation -- Ideology, Culture, and Schooling -- Critical Theory and rationality in Citizenship Education -- Literacy, Ideology, and the Politics of Schooling -- Conclusion: Toward a New Public Sphere -- Index.…”


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The English child in the eighteenth century by Bayne-Powell, Rosamond, 1879-1960

Table of Contents: “…The children of the well-to-do -- The children of the poor -- Theories on education -- Dames' Schools and Charity Schools -- Boys' schools -- Girls' schools -- Religion and the child -- The law and the child -- The child in illness -- Amusements, sports and games -- Children's toys -- Children's books -- Superstitions and customs relating to childhood -- Children's needlework and handicrafts -- Some children in eighteenth-century fiction -- Some children's letters.…”


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Catalogue of U.S. collective exhibition of education.

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Philosophies of education from the standpoint of the philosophy of experimentalism, by Wynne, John P. (John Peter), 1888-1977

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Philosophies of education -- Theories of educative experience : Education and experience -- Relativity of experience -- Sociality of experience -- Motivation of experience -- Creativity of experience -- Selectivity of experience -- Unity of experience -- Theories of school practice : Education and the school -- Educational aims -- Subject matter -- Educational organization -- School curriculum -- General method -- School training -- Educational research -- Devices and techniques -- Improvement program -- Educational leadership.…”


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Paris universal exposition MDCCCLXXVIII : the catalogue of the United States collective exhibition of education

Table of Contents: “…Prefatory note -- Statement of the theory of education in the United States -- Statistical summaries from the Annual report of the United States commissioner of education for the year 1876 -- Official scheme of the educational exposition -- Catalogue of exhibits: 1. …”


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Education, democracy, and public knowledge by Kelly, Elizabeth A.

Table of Contents: “…Education, democracy, and public knowledge: toward a socialist theory of education -- The education of Henry Adams and the transformation of the bourgeois public sphere: a case study -- Public philosophy? …”


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Degrees of control : a sociology of educational expansion and occupational credentialism by Brown, David K., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…The Historical Sociology of Credentialism: A Critical Appraisal -- 3. A Theory of Educational Credentialism -- 4. Political, Cultural, and Economic Origins of Extensive College Founding -- 5. …”


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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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