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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 ...
- Gadamer, Hans-Georg
Here, however, a number of other closely connected issues...
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- Gadamer, Hans-Georg
Jan 1, 2018 · If science education is to mean more than mere instructional techniques with associated texts to encompass broader aims including ideals about what constitutes an educated citizen (i.e., defining “scientific literacy”), or foundational questions about the nature of education, of learning, of knowledge, or of science, then educational philosophy and theory must come into view (Nola and ...
- rmschulz@shaw.ca
Jan 14, 2023 · Philosophies of Education have traveled down a tree of branches. The first four support branches of philosophy are the Idealist school, the Realist school, the Pragmatist school, and the Existential schools of thought (Ornstein, 2003, p. 99). It might help to look at the tree and its individual branches rather than read about them...
Dec 30, 2013 · Such questions implicitly assume of course a deep divide between science and philosophy, certainly between science education and philosophy. Footnote 9 While science teachers need not be openly hostile to philosophy, they certainly appear indifferent. Much responsibility can be laid at the door of the academy, its structure, culture, and ...
- Roland M. Schulz
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- 2014
Apr 5, 2024 · The history of philosophy of education is an important source of concerns and issues—as is the history of education itself—for setting the intellectual agenda of contemporary philosophers of education. Equally relevant is the range of contemporary approaches to the subject. Although it is not possible here to review systematically either ...
- Harvey Siegel
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Jun 2, 2008 · This is a file in the archives of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Philosophy of Education. First published Mon Jun 2, 2008. 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.
For much of the history of Western philosophy, philosophical questions concerning education were high on the philosophical agenda. From Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to twentieth‐century figures such as Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, R. S. Peters, and Israel Scheffler, general philosophers (i.e., contemporary philosophers working in departments of philosophy and publishing in mainstream ...
