Descartes in the Classroom

Descartes in the Classroom

Author: Davide Cellamare

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-11-14

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 9004524894

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The volume offers the first large-scale study of the teaching of Descartes’s philosophy in the early modern age, across the borders of countries, and confessions, both within and without the university setting – public conferences, private tutorials, distance learning by letter.


The Descartes Dictionary

The Descartes Dictionary

Author: Kurt Smith

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-01-29

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1472507266

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The Descartes Dictionary is an accessible guide to the world of the seventeenth-century philosopher René Descartes. Meticulously researched and extensively cross-referenced, this unique book covers all his major works, ideas and influences, and provides a firm grounding in the central themes of Descartes' thought. The introduction provides a biographical sketch, a brief account of Descartes' philosophical works, and a summary of the current state of Cartesian studies, discussing trends in research over the past four decades. The A-Z entries include clear definitions of the key terms used in Descartes' writings and detailed synopses of his works. Also included are entries noting philosophical influences, of both figures that influenced Descartes and those that he in turn influenced. For anyone reading or studying Descartes, rationalism, or modern philosophy more generally, this original resource provides a wealth of useful information, analysis, and criticism. Including clear explanations of often complex terminology, The Descartes Dictionary covers everything that is essential to a sound understanding of Descartes' philosophy.


René Descartes’s Natural Philosophy and Particular Bodies

René Descartes’s Natural Philosophy and Particular Bodies

Author: Fabrizio Baldassarri

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2024-01-01

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 3031486633

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This book explores René Descartes’s attempts to describe particular bodies, such as rocks, minerals, metals, plants, and animals, within the mechanistic interpretation of nature of his philosophical program. Despite his early rationalistic epistemology, Descartes’s increasing attention to collections, histories, lists of qualities, and particular bodies results in a puzzling ‘short history of all natural phenomena’ contained in the Principles of philosophy (1644). The present book outlines the role of Descartes's observations and experimentation as he aimed to construct a universal science of nature, ultimately revealing the mechanization of nature in detail, and for curious bodies such as the Bologna Stone or the sensitive herb. What results is a theoretical natural history consistent with the mechanical principles of his philosophy, ultimately shedding new light on his attempt to produce a complete philosophy of nature.


Big Ideas for Little Kids

Big Ideas for Little Kids

Author: Thomas E. Wartenberg

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1475804466

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Big Ideas for Little Kids includes everything a teacher, a parent, or a college student needs to teach philosophy to elementary school children from picture books. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book explains why it is important to allow young children access to philosophy during primary-school education. Wartenberg also gives advice on how to construct a "learner-centered" classroom, in which children discuss philosophical issues with one another as they respond to open-ended questions by saying whether they agree or disagree with what others have said.


Philosophers on Education

Philosophers on Education

Author: Amelie Rorty

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-10-09

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 1134654332

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Philosophers on Education offers us the most comprehensive available history of philosopher's views and impacts on the directions of education. As Amelie Rorty explains, in describing a history of education, we are essentially describing and gaining the clearest understanding of the issues that presently concern and divide us. The essays in this stellar collection are written by some of the finest comtemporary philosophers. Those interested in history of philosophy, epistemology, moral psychology and education, and political theory will find Philosophers on Education to be both an engaging and fascinating read.


Teaching with Emotional Intelligence

Teaching with Emotional Intelligence

Author: Alan Mortiboys

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780415350884

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Featuring lots of jargon-free activities, checklists and points for deeper reflection, the guidance in this book aims to help teachers encourage their learners to become more engaged, creative and motivated through the use of emotional intelligence.


Monsters in the Classroom

Monsters in the Classroom

Author: Adam Golub

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-06-09

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1476627606

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Exploring the pedagogical power of the monstrous, this collection of new essays describes innovative teaching strategies that use our cultural fascination with monsters to enhance learning in high school and college courses. The contributors discuss the implications of inviting fearsome creatures into the classroom, showing how they work to create compelling narratives and provide students a framework for analyzing history, culture, and everyday life. Essays explore ways of using the monstrous to teach literature, film, philosophy, theater, art history, religion, foreign language, and other subjects. Some sample syllabi, assignments, and class materials are provided.


The World is My Classroom

The World is My Classroom

Author: Joanne Benham Rennick

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2013-12-06

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 144266908X

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International education and learn-abroad programs have received heightened interest in the knowledge economy, and universities are keen to create successful programs for students. The World Is My Classroom presents diverse perspectives on these experiential learning programs and ways of globalizing Canadian classrooms. Examining themes such as global education, global citizenship, and service learning, it sheds light on current debates that are of concern for faculty members, administrators, international partners, and students alike. The World Is My Classroom is the first book to examine pedagogical questions about the internationalization and globalization of higher education from an explicitly Canadian perspective. It features original reflections from students on their experiences in learn-abroad programs, as well a foreword by Craig and Marc Kielburger, founders of Free the Children and Me to We, on the benefits of international learning experiences. Universities considering developing, enhancing, and refining their learning abroad programs, as well as students considering these programs and experiences, will find this an insightful and useful book.


Philosophy in Classroom Teaching

Philosophy in Classroom Teaching

Author: David A. Jacobsen

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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For Philosophy of Education courses. It's an often-asked question: "How do I use educational philosophy in my classroom teaching?" This text is a comprehensive answer. To clearly establish the applicability of philosophy to classroom teaching, this text presents the basics of philosophy; examines all of the major educational philosophies idealism, realism, pragmatism, existentialism, and post-modernism and their main proponents; and provides students with a thorough knowledge of each philosophy's fundamental discourse around education. To this theoretical framework are then added real scenarios from real classrooms that demonstrate just how these erudite explorations translate into actual, in-front-of-the-children teaching.


Convergent Teaching

Convergent Teaching

Author: Aaron M. Pallas

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1421432943

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How what we know about K–12 education can revolutionize learning in college. Honorable Mention in the Foreword INDIES Award for Education by FOREWORD Reviews, Winner of the 2021 Bronze IPPY Award for Education II Amid the wide-ranging public debate about the future of higher education is a tension about the role of the faculty as instructors versus researchers and the role of teaching in the mission of a university. What is absent from that discourse is any clear understanding of what constitutes good teaching in college. In Convergent Teaching, masterful professors of education Aaron M. Pallas and Anna Neumann make the case that American higher education must hold fast to its core mission of fostering learning and growth for all people. Arguing that colleges and universities do this best through their teaching function, the book portrays teaching as a professional practice that teachers should actively hone. Drawing on rich research on K–12 classroom teaching, the authors develop the novel idea of convergent teaching, an approach that attends simultaneously to what students are learning and the personal, social, and cultural contexts shaping this process. Convergent teaching, they write, spurs teachers to join students' cognitions with the students' emotions and identities as they learn. Offering new ways to think about how college teachers can support and advance their students' learning of core disciplinary ideas, Pallas and Neumann outline targeted actions that campus administrators, public policy makers, and foundation leaders can take to propel such efforts. Vivid examples of instructors enacting three key principles—targeting, surfacing, and navigating—help bring the idea of convergent teaching to life. Full of research-based, practical ideas for better teaching and learning, Convergent Teaching presents numerous instances of successful campus-based initiatives. It also sets a bold agenda for disciplinary organizations, philanthropies, and the federal government to support teaching improvement. This book will challenge higher education students while motivating college administrators and faculty to enact change on their campuses.