Philosophical Issues in Education: An Introduction

Abstract

Part 1 The nature of philosophical inquiry into educational discourse: definitions and the problem of meaning. Part 2 Metaphors in educational discourse: pitfalls of language-vagueness, ambiguity, emotive uses metaphorical language analyzing educational metaphors. Part 3 An analysis of the concept of education: several uses of the term R.S.Peters' analysis of critical remarks on Peters' Criteria. Part 4 Aims in education: the logic of development of persons as the aim of interpreting aims of education the role of the school in society. Part 5 Educational curricula and the nature of knowledge: the concept of elements of curriculum the nature of knowledge the differentiation of knowledge criticism of Hirst's of knowledge. Part 6 Child-centred curricula: contrasting approaches to curriculum the needs curriculum human nature considerations priciples for selecting curriculum content. Part 7 Teaching and in education: the concept learning the concept relationships between education, teaching and indoctrination and other forms of Mis-Education. Part 8 Inter-personal and social issues in education: discipline punishment freedom and authority the student-teacher relationship. Part 9 Moral education: introduction - why moral education? moral and values moral development as the achievement of virtue the paradox of moral education. Part 10 The justification of education: the nature of the justification kinds of justification a moral argument instrumental justification the pleasure principle as justification non-instrumental (instrinsic) justification.

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