Philosophy of Education

by Noddings, Nel

• ISBN13: 9780813343235
• ISBN10: 0813343232
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-25
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

Philosophy

Author Biography

Nel Noddings is Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University. She has taught at the elementary, junior high, senior high, and college levels and has served as acting dean of the School of Education at Stanford University. In addition to many articles and reviews on a broad range of educational issues, her works include Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education, Women and Evil, The Challenge to Care in Schools, Educating for Intelligent Belief or Unbelief, Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy, Educating Moral People, Happiness and Education, Educating Citizens for Global Awareness, and Critical Lessons: What Our Schools Should Teach.

Table of Contents

FIGURES	xi
PREFACE	xiii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	xvii
1 Philosophy of Education Before the Twentieth Century	1	(22)
Socrates and Plato	3	(7)
Aristotle	10	(3)
Rousseau	13	(5)
Pestalozzi, Herbart, and Froebel	18	(5)
Summary Questions	21	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	22	(1)
2 The Philosophical and Educational Thought of John Dewey	23	(20)
Dewey's Philosophical Orientation	24	(2)
The Meaning and Aims of Education	26	(3)
Dewey's Psychology	29	(3)
Dewey's Theory of Knowledge	32	(3)
Democracy and Education	35	(4)
The Place of Subject Matter	39	(1)
Dewey Today: An Assessment	40	(3)
Summary Questions	41	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	42	(1)
3 Analytic Philosophy	43	(18)
Philosophical Analysis in Education	44	(3)
The Analysis of Teaching	47	(10)
Current Analyses of Teaching	57	(4)
Summary Questions	60	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	60	(1)
4 Continental Philosophy	61	(24)
Existentialism	61	(9)
Phenomenology	70	(2)
Critical Theory	72	(4)
Hermeneutics	76	(1)
Postmodernism	77	(8)
Summary Questions	82	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	83	(2)
5 Logic and Critical Thinking	85	(22)
Formal Logic	85	(7)
Informal Logic	92	(6)
McPeck's View of Critical Thinking	98	(1)
An Alternative Approach	99	(8)
Summary Questions	105	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	106	(1)
6 Epistemology and Education	107	(26)
Justified True Belief	108	(2)
Foundationalism	110	(3)
Truth	113	(3)
Nonfoundational Theories of Knowledge	116	(6)
Epistemology and Education	122	(4)
Constructivism	126	(7)
Summary Question	131	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	132	(1)
7 Philosophy of Social Science and Educational Research	133	(18)
How Does Science Grow?	133	(6)
A Debate in Educational Research	139	(6)
Some Examples	145	(6)
Summary Questions	148	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	149	(2)
8 Ethics and Moral Education	151	(26)
Pre-Enlightenment Ethics	152	(5)
Enlightenment Ethics	157	(2)
Utilitarianism	159	(4)
Deweyan Ethics	163	(3)
Moral Education	166	(2)
Cognitive Developmentalism	168	(9)
Summary Questions	175	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	176	(1)
9 Social and Political Philosophy	177	(22)
The Current Debate	177	(6)
Justice and Equality in Education	183	(16)
Summary Questions	197	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	198	(1)
10 Problems of School Reform	199	(14)
Equality	199	(5)
Accountability	204	(3)
Standards	207	(3)
Testing	210	(3)
Summary Questions	211	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	212	(1)
11 Feminism, Philosophy, and Education	213	(24)
Feminist Critiques of Philosophy	213	(3)
Epistemology	216	(3)
Philosophy of Social Science	219	(2)
Ethics	221	(5)
Care and Education	226	(11)
Summary Questions	234	(1)
Introduction to the Literature	235	(2)
NOTES	237	(16)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	253	(8)
INDEX	261