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Jun 2, 2008 · Philosophy of education is the branch of applied or practical philosophy concerned with the nature and aims of education and the philosophical problems arising from educational theory and practice. Because that practice is ubiquitous in and across human societies, its social and individual manifestations so varied, and its influence so profound ...
- Dewey, John
Why was experience so important that it permeated Dewey’s...
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau remains an important figure in the...
- Gadamer, Hans-Georg
Truth is thus understood as the unconcealment that allows...
- Postmodernism
For postmodernists, Nietzsche's genealogy of concepts in “On...
- Liberal Feminism
Identifying these conditions requires careful attention to...
- Foucault, Michel
Even more important than language is the figure of man. The...
- Feminist Political Philosophy
In its own right, feminist political philosophy is a branch...
- Feminist Ethics
Feminist Ethics aims “to understand, criticize, and correct”...
- Dewey, John
Progressivism: This philosophy is all about learning by doing. Think of it as learning to swim by actually jumping in the water. These educators focus on hands-on experiences and making lessons relevant to real-life situations. Reconstructionism: This type of philosophy looks at education as a way to improve society.
Jul 30, 2020 · The distinction between these kinds of empirical knowledge becomes relevant due to the important distinction in philosophy of education between first-hand knowledge and communicated knowledge. However, my primary focus is on the connection between three different issues: formation (“ Bildung ”, understood broadly, i.e. also as education), cognition and metaphysics.
- Jørgen Huggler
- johu@edu.au.dk
- 2020
Feb 22, 2024 · One reason why this conception of philosophy had run out of steam by around 1980 was that many in the field had long become more interested in looking at philosophical issues relevant to important developments in educational policy and practice, such as child-centred approaches to education, the school curriculum, civic education, selection and equality of opportunity.
Jan 1, 2008 · Some tendencies in modern education—the stress on ‘performativity’, for instance, and ‘celebration of difference’—threaten the value traditionally placed on truthful teaching. In this paper, truthfulness is mainly understood, following Bernard Williams, as a disposition to ‘Accuracy’ and ‘Sincerity’—hence as a virtue. It is to be distinguished from truth (a property of ...
- David E. Cooper
- d.e.cooper@durham.ac.uk
- 2008
Apr 25, 2020 · Above all the Journal of Philosophy of Education and Educational Philosophy and Theory have published many articles on Heidegger and education that require some knowledge of Heidegger's philosophy. Nevertheless, Heidegger's philosophy has not been widely discussed in the context of educational research and methodology—with the notable exception of articles by Paul Standish and Michael Peters.
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Jun 2, 2008 · This is a file in the archives of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Philosophy of Education. All human societies, past and present, have had a vested interest in education; and some wits have claimed that teaching (at its best an educational activity) is the second oldest profession. While not all societies channel sufficient resources ...
