Knight, George R, <br/><br/>
Philosophy & education :  an introduction in Christian perspective /  [print] 
 Philosophy and education 
George R. Knight. 
 - forth edition. 
 - Berrien Springs, Michigan :  Andrews University Press,  (c)2006. 
 - xv, 301 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> 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 
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<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1883925541 9781883925543 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christian education.<br/>Christianity--Philosophy.<br/>Education--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1025.2.K69.P455 2006 LB1025.2.P455 2006