Freedom and Choice in Education (RLE Edu K)
Freedom and Choice in Education (RLE Edu K)

Author: James Breese

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-16

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 113649278X

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Much of the material included here owes it inspiration to discussions held with groups of student teachers in the early 1970s. The book is written for such students and discusses issues such as the acquisition of knowledge, the value of examinations, dependency and religion in education. The book is intended as a thought provoker – to stimulate further discussion.

The Philosophy of Education (RLE Edu K)
The Philosophy of Education (RLE Edu K)

Author: Harry Schofield

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1136491813

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There are many students who find philosophy of education difficult, because they have never received teaching in the basic essentials of general philosophy. This book begins by asking the basic question ‘what is philosophy?’ and examines a number of possible answers. Step by step the reader is introduced to the modern techniques of linguistic and concept analysis. Whenever a technical term is used it is explained and illustrated by reference to familiar situations in everyday life.

Education (RLE Edu K)
Education (RLE Edu K)

Author: M VC Jeffreys

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-16

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1136492224

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This book discusses the very nature and purpose of education and provides a foundation upon which more specialized studies in the psychology, history and sociology of education can be based. The book therefore surveys the main problems of human life – the relation of the individual and society, freedom and authority, continuity and change (i.e.growth), and underlying them all, the paradox that aspiration and frustration are continually linked in human experience. The educational implications of these various problems are considered in such a way that the methods as well as the aims of education are discussed.

Theory & Practice in Education (RLE Edu K)
Theory & Practice in Education (RLE Edu K)

Author: R F Dearden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-16

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 113649250X

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The main concern of the volume is the relation of theory to practice in education but the book also reviews the state of educational theory, and its relation to politics. Beginning with a group of papers on specific areas of the relation between theory and practice, the book goes on to discuss aspects of the curriculum, such as curricular principles in recent official reports, the newly emerging theme of general abilities, and controversial material in the curriculum. The theme of the third group of articles is personal autonomy, one of the very few generally supported educational aims of recent years, and a final group presents a retrospective view of the Plowden Report.

Democracy, Schooling and Political Education (RLE Edu K)
Democracy, Schooling and Political Education (RLE Edu K)

Author: Colin Wringe

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-04

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1136487743

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The relationship between educational practice and the social principles of democracy forms an important strand in the history of educational thought, and is central to the debate on many contemporary issues in the educational field. In this concise, introductory book, Colin Wringe examines the nature of this relationship, taking account of developments in the theory of democracy and educational controversy. In particular he considers the relevance of differing interpretations of democracy to the following questions: the defence of selection, the extension of private education, the function of education as an instrument of oppression, the democratisation of educational institutions, and the development of a form of specifically political education in schools. The importance of an understanding of political and social issues for educational practice at school and classroom level is emphasized from the outset.

Moral Philosophy for Education (RLE Edu K)
Moral Philosophy for Education (RLE Edu K)

Author: Robin Barrow

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-04

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1136494812

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Teachers and students are frequently confused as to the relevance of abstract philosophical theorising to the reality of the classroom and this book is distinctive for the attention it devotes to philosophy and its potential contribution to practical matters, and education in particular. The author is critical of many current views of the philosophy of education and argues the validity of philosophy as an integral part of education in its own right, against the creation of a ‘new’ branch of philosophy, the ‘philosophy of education’. The book stresses that relativist ethical theories are no more ‘known’ to be valid than the absolutist theories they have replaced, and in the second section the author argues for a modified utilitarian position. The final section enables the reader to relate the general argument of the second part to several specific issues.

Problems in Primary Education (RLE Edu K)
Problems in Primary Education (RLE Edu K)

Author: R F Dearden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-23

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1136492577

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The first part of the book discusses aims, who should determine them and how they might be determined. The second part discusses some more specific topics of learning and teaching, such as learning how to learn, the integrated day and the use of competition. The author distinguishes three broad levels of thought in looking at schools: the details of choice and decision; the general principles which are, or ought to be, guiding that detailed practice; and the theoretical commentaries on the guiding principles available from the various disciplines which constitute the study of education.

Friedrich Froebel and English Education (RLE Edu K)
Friedrich Froebel and English Education (RLE Edu K)

Author: Evelyn Lawrence

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-16

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1136492151

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This collection of essays describes Froebel’s life and the history of his influence on the education of young children in Britain. It also traces the religious roots of his philosophy and discusses his psychological and educational principles in the light of developments in these fields since his day.

The Philosophy of Primary Education (RLE Edu K)
The Philosophy of Primary Education (RLE Edu K)

Author: R F Dearden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-04

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 113649264X

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This volume provides a rigorous examination of theoretical concepts such as need, interest, growth, play, experience, activity and self-expression. It also makes an important contribution towards getting a closely argued educational theory. In the first part of the book the author establishes general aims and ends with suggestions as to what the curriculum ought to be. The second part is concerned with the procedures of learning and teaching appropriate to such a curriculum.

Education, Society and Human Nature (RLE Edu K)
Education, Society and Human Nature (RLE Edu K)

Author: Anthony O'Hear

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-04

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1136490477

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Intended primarily for education students this book provides an introduction to the philosophy of education that tackles educational problems and at the same time relates them to the mainstream of philosophical analysis. Among the educational topics the book discusses are the aims of education, the two cultures debate, moral education, equality as an ideal and academic elitism. It examines the limitations of a purely technological education, and suggests the shape of a balanced curriculum. It critically analyses important educational theses in the work of Rousseau, Dewey, R S Peters, P H Hirst, F R Leavis, Ronald Dworkin and G H Bantock, among many others, and considers the philosophical copics of relativism, the nature of knowledge, the basis of moral choice, the value of democracy and the status of religious claims.