Epistemology and the Predicates of Education
Epistemology and the Predicates of Education

Author: Thomas Peterson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-10

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1000497283

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Exploring the predicates of education from theoretical, practical and historical perspectives, this book revalorizes the central role of the humanities in the ethical and aesthetic formation of the individual. This book considers timely questions of process and epistemology in today’s academy. It examines the subject of learning as it arises in the individual, is defined by educators, and is conceived by society at large. In attempting to formulate a lingua franca for contemporary pedagogy, the book highlights the concrete activities of educators and students and the qualities that emerge in the educational process. By synthesizing the writings of educational theorists working in different fields—philosophy, psychology, anthropology and more—Epistemology and the Predicates of Education highlights the transformational nature of knowledge and its capacity to invigorate the student through the practice of self-inquiry. The analytical and focused research offered in Epistemology and the Predicates of Education will be of interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of philosophy of education and higher education.

Confucian Philosophy for Contemporary Education
Confucian Philosophy for Contemporary Education

Author: Charlene Tan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-05-28

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1000094790

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Most people would not associate Confucian philosophy with contemporary education. After all, the former is an ancient Chinese tradition, and the latter is a modern phenomenon. But this book shows otherwise, by explaining how millennia-old Confucian ideas and practices can inform, inspire and improve school administration, teaching and learning today. Drawing upon major Confucian texts such as the Analects and Mencius , as well as influential thinkers such as Confucius, Zhu Xi and Empress Xu, the various chapters address current educational issues and challenges such as the following: • What roles do schools play in fighting the coronavirus pandemic? • How can humanity resolve the climate emergency? • What (more) should school leaders do to promote education for girls? • Is there more to lifelong learning than just skills upgrading? • What is missing in the existing frameworks on 21st century competencies? • What new initiatives are needed to champion sustainable development? Confucian Philosophy for Contemporary Education answers the above questions and more by presenting a Confucian model of education. The author proposes a Confucian school where Dao – a shared vision of human excellence – is realised through a mindful, learning-centred, action-oriented and ultimately humanising form of education. This book is a useful resource for academic researchers, educators, students and general readers on Confucian philosophy and its continual relevance for present-day education.

Empathetic Education
Empathetic Education

Author: Ronald S. Laura

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9780750707633

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The health of our global environment is increasingly affected by our technological advance - rain, rivers, lakes, forests, soil, climate all suffer at human hands. Laura and Cotton suggest that the society committed to the technological transformation of the natural environment into an artificial one, is also, paradoxically, a society committed to its own destruction. Currently, one of the major concerns of environmental education is to address this problem more concertedly than hitherto. This book represents a radical departure from the traditional approach to environmental education. It argues that the knowledge base behind current teaching is flawed, and the resulting mind-sets and attitudes are often counterproductive to the aims of environmental education.

The Languaging of Higher Education in the Global South
The Languaging of Higher Education in the Global South

Author: Sinfree Makoni

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-01-06

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1000527212

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By foregrounding language practices in educational settings, this timely volume offers a postcolonial critique of the languaging of higher education and considers how Southern epistemologies can be used to further the decolonization of post-secondary education in the Global South. Offering a range of contributions from diverse and minoritized scholars based in countries including South Africa, Rwanda, Sudan, Qatar, Turkey, Portugal, Sweden, India, and Brazil, The Languaging of Higher Education in the Global South problematizes the use of language in various areas of higher education. Chapters demonstrate both subtle and explicit ways in which the language of pedagogy, scholarship, policy, and partcipiation endorse and privelege Western constructs and knowledge production, and utilize Southern theories and epistemologies to offer an alternative way forward – practice and research which applies and promotes Southern epistemologies and local knowledges. The volume confronts issues including integrationism, epistemic solidarity, language policy and ideology, multilingualism, and the increasing use of technology in institutions of higher education. This innovative book will be of interest to researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students in the fields of higher education, applied linguistics, and multicultural education. Those with an interest in the decolonization of education and language will find the book of particular use.

Robert Grosseteste and Theories of Education
Robert Grosseteste and Theories of Education

Author: Jack P. Cunningham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-12-06

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1000761312

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This book examines Robert Grosseteste’s often underrepresented ideas on education. It uniquely brings together academics from the fields of medieval history, modern science and contemporary education to shed new light on a fascinating medieval figure whose work has an enormous amount to offer anyone with an interest in our educational processes. The book locates Grosseteste as a key figure in the intellectual history of medieval Europe and positions him as an important thinker who concerned himself with the science of education and set out to elucidate the processes and purposes of learning. This book offers an important practical contribution to the discussion of the contemporary nature and purpose of many aspects of our education processes. This book will be of interest to students, researchers and academics in the disciplines of educational philosophy, medieval history, philosophy and theology.

Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Research, and Industrial Applications
Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Research, and Industrial Applications

Author: Vadim Ermolayev

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-01-18

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 303039459X

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This book contains extended versions of the best papers presented at the 15th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Research, and Industrial Applications, ICTERI 2019, held in Kherson, Ukraine, in June 2019. The 19 revised full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 416 initial submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: ​advances in ICT and IS research; ICT in teaching, learning, and education management; applications of ICT in industrial and public practice.

Epistemology, Semantics and Educational Theory
Epistemology, Semantics and Educational Theory

Author: C. W. Evers

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13:

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Epistemology and justification: from classical foundationalism to Quinean coherentism and materialist pragmatism. C W Evers p.1-29; Extensional semantics and the epistemology of necessary truth. C W Evers p.30-53; Commonsense, ordinary language and 'necessity' in liberal rationalist philosophy of education. J C Walker p.54-92; Essentialism and dualism in liberal rationalist philosophy of education. J C Walker p.93- 121; The development and exercise of personal autonomy: an extensional equivalence. J C Walker p.122-136; Naturalised epistemology and neural principles of learning: towards a congruence. C W Evers p.137- 142; Bibliography p.143-156.

Semiotic Subjectivity in Education and Counseling
Semiotic Subjectivity in Education and Counseling

Author: Inna R. Semetsky

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-10-16

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1351970186

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Semiotic Subjectivity in Education and Counseling demonstrates the importance of addressing the concept of the unconscious in learning. Exploring the innovative concept of edusemiotics, it challenges the received notion of learning as solely academic and linguistic, instead offering an ethico-aesthetic paradigm that draws on transdisciplinary research in the context of this new direction in educational theory. The chapters explore the production of subjectivity within the process of semiosis as the action and transformation of signs. An unorthodox pedagogy of the unconscious blends with the therapeutic dimension and produces subjectivities that emerge in the midst of the relational dynamics of experience. The book argues for holistic education that rejects the schism between matter and spirit pervading Western thinking and represents a shift in rethinking spirituality while never separating it from logic and reason. Giving voice to the unconscious contributes to learning and changing our habits as an important objective in educative and counseling practices. The book critically examines the legacy of Charles S. Peirce, Lev S. Vygotsky and other forerunners of edusemiotics. It will be essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students across the fields of educational philosophy, educational psychology and counseling as well as science studies.

Handbook of Research on Science Education, Volume II
Handbook of Research on Science Education, Volume II

Author: Norman G. Lederman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-11

Total Pages: 971

ISBN-13: 1136221972

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Building on the foundation set in Volume I—a landmark synthesis of research in the field—Volume II is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art new volume highlighting new and emerging research perspectives. The contributors, all experts in their research areas, represent the international and gender diversity in the science education research community. The volume is organized around six themes: theory and methods of science education research; science learning; culture, gender, and society and science learning; science teaching; curriculum and assessment in science; science teacher education. Each chapter presents an integrative review of the research on the topic it addresses—pulling together the existing research, working to understand the historical trends and patterns in that body of scholarship, describing how the issue is conceptualized within the literature, how methods and theories have shaped the outcomes of the research, and where the strengths, weaknesses, and gaps are in the literature. Providing guidance to science education faculty and graduate students and leading to new insights and directions for future research, the Handbook of Research on Science Education, Volume II is an essential resource for the entire science education community.