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Philosophy & education : an introduction in Christian perspective / George R. Knight.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berrien Springs, Michigan : Andrews University Press, (c)2006.Edition: forth editionDescription: xv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781883925543
Other title:
  • Philosophy and education
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB1025 .P455 2006
  • LB1025
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Contents:
The Unsatisfactory Nature of Eclecticism for Christian Education -- Toward a Philosophy of Christian Education.
The Relationship of Selected Learning-Related Concepts -- The Relationship of Philosophy to Educational Practice -- The Relationship of Educational Theories to Their Philosophic Sources -- Purposes of Christian Education that Inform Teaching -- Curriculum Model: Self=contained Subject Matter Areas -- Curriculum Model: The Bible as the Whole -- Curriculum Model: The Bible as Foundational and Contextual -- The Contextual Role of the Biblical Perspective -- A Developmental Model of Discipline.
Shifting Ground in a Controversial Area: A Historical Perspective -- Equal Access and the Rights of Students -- The Teacher in the Classroom -- Summary of Part Four.
Epistemology -- Axiology -- Philosophic Issues and Educational Goals and Practices -- Summary of Part One.
Existentialism -- Critique and Perspective.
Philosophic Roots -- Varieties of Postmodernism -- Postmodernism and Education -- Critique and Perspective.
Educational Humanism in Relation to Progressivism -- Perennialism -- Essentialism -- Reconstructionism -- Futurism in Relation to Reconstructionism -- Critical Pedagogy and Constructivism in Relation to Reconstructionism -- Behaviorism -- Educational Anarchism: The Deschooling Proposal -- Home Schooling -- Critique and Perspective.
A Christian Perspective on Epistemology -- Some Axiological Considerations -- Christian Philosophy and Education.
The Role of Philosophic Analysis in Education -- Evaluation of Analytic Philosophy -- The Complementary Roles of Analytic and Comprehensive Philosophy -- Critique and Perspective -- Summary of Part Two.
Idealism -- Realism -- Neo-scholasticism -- Critique and Perspective.
The Role of the Christian Teacher -- Curricular Considerations -- The Social Function of Christian Education -- Summary of Part Three.
What Is Philosophy? -- What Is Education? -- The Role of the School in Society.
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Reference (Library Use ONLY) G. Allen Fleece Library TEXTBOOK REFERENCE Non-fiction LB1025.2.K613 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available EDU 9230 | EDU 6231 31923001746631

1 The Nature of Philosophy and Education

10 A Christian Appraoch to Education

11 But What If I Teach in a Public School?

2 Philosophic Issues in Education

3 Traditional Philosophies and Education

4 Modern Philosophies and Education

5 The Postmodern Impulse

6 Contemporary Theories of Education

7 Analytic Philosophy and Education

8 The Necessity of Building a Personal Philosophy of Education

9 A Christian Approach to Philosophy

List of Figures

Part Four: Christian Teachers in Public Schools

Part One: Basic Concepts

Part Three: Philosophy and Christian Education

Part Two: Philosophy and Education

Includes bibliographies and index.

A Central Problem of Christian Education -- The Unsatisfactory Nature of Eclecticism for Christian Education -- Toward a Philosophy of Christian Education.

Aspects of Philosophy -- The Relationship of Selected Learning-Related Concepts -- The Relationship of Philosophy to Educational Practice -- The Relationship of Educational Theories to Their Philosophic Sources -- Purposes of Christian Education that Inform Teaching -- Curriculum Model: Self=contained Subject Matter Areas -- Curriculum Model: The Bible as the Whole -- Curriculum Model: The Bible as Foundational and Contextual -- The Contextual Role of the Biblical Perspective -- A Developmental Model of Discipline.

Initial Thoughts on a Perplexing Issue -- Shifting Ground in a Controversial Area: A Historical Perspective -- Equal Access and the Rights of Students -- The Teacher in the Classroom -- Summary of Part Four.

Metaphysics -- Epistemology -- Axiology -- Philosophic Issues and Educational Goals and Practices -- Summary of Part One.

Pragmatism -- Existentialism -- Critique and Perspective.

Preliminary Observations -- Philosophic Roots -- Varieties of Postmodernism -- Postmodernism and Education -- Critique and Perspective.

Progressivism -- Educational Humanism in Relation to Progressivism -- Perennialism -- Essentialism -- Reconstructionism -- Futurism in Relation to Reconstructionism -- Critical Pedagogy and Constructivism in Relation to Reconstructionism -- Behaviorism -- Educational Anarchism: The Deschooling Proposal -- Home Schooling -- Critique and Perspective.

Some Observations Concerning Metaphysics -- A Christian Perspective on Epistemology -- Some Axiological Considerations -- Christian Philosophy and Education.

The Analytic Movement in Philosophy -- The Role of Philosophic Analysis in Education -- Evaluation of Analytic Philosophy -- The Complementary Roles of Analytic and Comprehensive Philosophy -- Critique and Perspective -- Summary of Part Two.

The Function and Limitation of Labels -- Idealism -- Realism -- Neo-scholasticism -- Critique and Perspective.

The Nature of the Student and the Goal of Christian Education -- The Role of the Christian Teacher -- Curricular Considerations -- The Social Function of Christian Education -- Summary of Part Three.

Why Study Philosophy of Education? -- What Is Philosophy? -- What Is Education? -- The Role of the School in Society.

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