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Philosophy of education : an anthology / edited by Randall Curren.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell philosophy anthologies ; 27.Publication details: Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell, c2007.Description: xx, 582 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781405130226 (hbk.) :
  • 1405130229 (hbk.) :
  • 9781405130233 (pbk.) :
  • 1405130237 (pbk.) :
  • 9781405130226:
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.1 22
LOC classification:
  • .P484 2007
Online resources:
Partial contents:
Part I:The nature and aims of education -- Introduction: what is education? -- Turning the psyche / Plato -- Knowing how to rule and be ruled as justice demands / Plato -- An educated person can speak well and persuade / Isocrates -- The exercise of reason / John Locke -- The education of nature / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- The democratic conception in education / John Dewey -- Education as initiation / R.S. Peters -- Banking v. problem-solving models of education / Paulo Freire -- Liberal education and the relationship between education and work -- Liberal v. mechanical education / Aristotle -- Learning the value of work / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Education for labor and leisure / John Dewey -- Education and standards of living / Amartya Sen -- The liberal studies in a global world / Otfried Höffe -- Autonomy and exit rights -- The child's right to an open future / Joel Feinberg -- Justice, autonomy, and the good / Eamonn Callan -- "Mistresses of their own destiny ": group rights, gender, and realistic rights of exit / Susan Moller Okin -- Part II: Educational authority.
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General Lending Carlow Campus Library T&L Centre Collection 370.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 82878

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I:The nature and aims of education -- Introduction: what is education? -- Turning the psyche / Plato -- Knowing how to rule and be ruled as justice demands / Plato -- An educated person can speak well and persuade / Isocrates -- The exercise of reason / John Locke -- The education of nature / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- The democratic conception in education / John Dewey -- Education as initiation / R.S. Peters -- Banking v. problem-solving models of education / Paulo Freire -- Liberal education and the relationship between education and work -- Liberal v. mechanical education / Aristotle -- Learning the value of work / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Education for labor and leisure / John Dewey -- Education and standards of living / Amartya Sen -- The liberal studies in a global world / Otfried Höffe -- Autonomy and exit rights -- The child's right to an open future / Joel Feinberg -- Justice, autonomy, and the good / Eamonn Callan -- "Mistresses of their own destiny ": group rights, gender, and realistic rights of exit / Susan Moller Okin -- Part II: Educational authority.

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