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John Dewey

by Richard Pring

46,49€ + 10% CARD

 Bertrand Russell''s History of Philosophy refers to Dewey as ''generally admitted to be the leading living philosopher of America''. This honourable mention lay partly in his pragmatic theory of meaning, through which so many baffling philosophical problems were claimed to have been solved - as well as educational ones. It is in connection with his educational ideas, however, that Dewey became either famous or infamous. In the United States he had been seen both as saviour of American education by those who welcomed a more child-centred curriculum, and yet as ''worse than Hitler'' by those who saw his ideas as undermining traditional education - an accusation shared by his detractors in Britain. This account seeks to bring together Dewey''s educational thinking and its frequently forgotten foundations in a pragmatic theory of meaning. In so doing, the book seeks to show that John Dewey is ''a philosopher of education for our time''.
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Maria Montessori

by Marion O'Donnell

46,49€ + 10% CARD

 Maria Montessori''s work and thinking form a unique legacy to current educational thinking and practice. In this text, Marion O''Donnell explores the key themes of her philosophy of education and explores the relevance of Montessori practices today. In a thorough survey and synthesis of Montessori''s thinking and work, this text examines the key aspects of Montessori education: child development; the learning environment; the role of the teacher; the role of the learner and parental involvement. Within each key aspect, the author considers the implications for Montessori education and the views of critics and supporters, demonstrating their relevance to the demands of an education system within today''s modern society.
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Robert Owen

by Frank O Hagan e Robert A. Davis

45,30€ + 10% CARD

 This text offers a major reassessment of the life and thought of the distinguished 19th century industrial philanthropist and educational reformer, Robert Owen. In a period when Owen''s radical new visions for learning and teaching, adult and vocational pedagogy and social transformation are receiving fresh and global attention, Robert Davis and Frank O''Hagan place Owen''s thought right at the heart of the Enlightenment advocacy of popular, democratic mass education. Tracing both the ancestry and the legacy of Owen''s reforming spirit, they also offer a critical appraisal of the relevance of his ideas for the development of education at all levels and stages in the challenging contexts of international 21st century education.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

by Jurgen Oelkers

226,58€ + 10% CARD

 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, enlightenment philosopher and founder of ''natural education'', is one of the most influential philosophers of education in the western world. In order to fully understand Rousseau''s impact as a true educational thinker, Jurgen Oelkers argues that we must take into account his paradoxical style, unique intellectual biography and his turbulent and unconventional way of life. Combining historical analysis and contemporary ethical theory, this text serves as both an introduction to Rousseau''s theories of education and a critique of his views, and shows how Rousseau was a pioneer in exploring educational issues within the context of his own philosophical problems in order to present innovative solutions.
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St Thomas Aquinas

by Vivian Boland Op

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 It may be surprising that the thought of a medieval theologian still informs many areas of intellectual debate, but there continues to be lively interest in the work of Thomas Aquinas. He considers the most radical questions for our thinking about education: what is a human being? what does it mean to learn? what does it mean to teach? what does it mean to know, to understand, and to search for the truth? In this text, Vivian Boland offers a short biography of Aquinas focused on his personal experiences as a student and teacher. The book then provides a critical exposition of the texts in which Aquinas develops his views about education and includes a short account of the reception and influence of his thinking. Finally, it considers in some detail the most significant points of contact between Aquinas''s educational thought and current concerns - his conviction about the goodness of the world, his holistic understanding of human experience and his contributions to virtue theory - and highlights the continuing relevance and influence of this work and thinking within educational philosophy today.
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Pierre Bourdieu

by Michael James Grenfell

51,26€ + 10% CARD

 Pierre Bourdieu is indisputably a major thinker in education. Michael Grenfell's volume offers a coherent account of Bourdieu's educational thought.
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Mary Wollstonecraft

by Susan Laird

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 Susan Laird presents an intellectual biography of Mary Wollstonecraft, provides an exposition of her work, covers the reception and influence of her work, and the relevance of her work today.
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John Locke

by Alexander Moseley

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 John Locke is one of the great minds in educational history. Drawing on his perceptive observations of families and children he saw the importance of adapting learning to the child''s dispositions. Critical of schools, he is the fountainhead of home tutoring, child-centred learning, and the importance of enjoyable learning. But for Locke learning was not about facts: a good education produced gentlemen who could in turn adapt themselves to commerce and politics. Locke''s philosophy helped provide rigour to the scientific revolution, the impetus for the expansion of schools for the poor (which should be profitable) and child psychology. Alexander Mosely sets Locke''s educational writings in their context with a sensitive reading of what Locke understood by ''education'' and highlights the relevance of the study of Locke''s work to our understanding of education today.
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Jean Piaget

by Richard Kohler

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 Jean Piaget was one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century. His influence on developmental psychology, education and epistemology has been enormous. This text undertakes a reconstruction of the contexts and intellectual development of Piaget''s numerous texts in the wide-ranging fields of biology, philosophy, psychoanalysis, child psychology, social psychology, theology, logic, epistemology and education. Richard Kohler reconstructs the often overlooked theological basis of Piaget''s theories and analyses the influence this had upon the various areas of his research and reflections, particularly in relation to education.
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Plato

by Robin Barrow

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 First published 2007 by Continuum International Publishing Group.
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Michel Foucault

by Lynn Fendler

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 Michel Foucault is undisputedly a major thinker in education. Lynn Fendler's volume offers the most coherent account of Foucault's educational thought. It is divided into: intellectual bibliography, critical exposition of Foucault's work, the reception and influence of Foucault's work, and the relevance of his work today.
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Leo Tolstoy

by Daniel Moulin

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 How do we know what we should teach? And how should we go about teaching it? These deceptively simple questions about education perplexed Tolstoy. Before writing his famous novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Tolstoy opened an experimental school on his estate to try and answer them. His experiences there incited his life-long inquiry into the meaning and purpose of religion, literature, art and life itself. In this text, Daniel Moulin tells the story of the course of Tolstoy''s educational thought, and how it relates to Tolstoy''s fiction and other writings. It begins with his experience of being a child and adolescent, incorporates his travels in Europe, the experimental school, his literature, and his views on art, philosophy, and spirituality. Throughout, the relevance and impact of Tolstoy''s thinking on education are translated into applicable theory for today''s education students.
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John Holt

by Roland Meighan

226,58€ + 10% CARD

 Originally published: London: Continuum, 2007.
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E. G. West

by James Tooley

226,58€ + 10% CARD

 Offering an intellectual biography of E.G. West, this book goes on to explore his work on state intervention in education, social cohesion, and the economics of bureucracy, as well as looking at the reception and influence of his ideas and their relevance today.
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Aristotle

by Alexander Moseley

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 Aristotle is undisputedly a major thinker in education. This volume offers the most coherent account of his educational thought. This work is divided into: intellectual bibliography, critical exposition of Aristotle's work, the reception and influence of Aristotle's work, and the relevance of the work today.
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Rudolf Steiner

by Heiner Ullrich

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 The author presents an intellectual biography of Rudolf Steiner; an exposition of his philosophical and educational work; the reception and influence of Steiner's work; and the relevance of Steiner-/Waldorf schools today.
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St Augustine

by Ryan N. S. Topping

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 After setting Augustine''s thought firmly within the context of his life and times, Ryan Topping examines in turn the causes of education (the purposes, pedagogy, curriculum, and limits of learning) as Augustine understood them. Augustine''s towering influence over Medieval and Renaissance theorists - from Hugh of St Victor, to Aquinas, to Erasmus - is traced. The book concludes by drawing Augustine into dialogue with contemporary philosophers, exploring the influence of his meditations on higher education and suggesting how his ideas can reinvigorate for our generation the project of liberal learning.
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Loris Malaguzzi And The Reggio Emilia Experience

by Anna Ridgway, Denice Cunningham, Kathy Hall, Mary Horgan, Maura Cunneen e Rosaleen Murphy

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 The Municipal preschools of Reggio Emilia, in Northern Italy, are renowned world-wide for the excellence of their provision. This approach provides a unique collaboration between children, parents, teachers and the wider community. Loris Malaguzzi and the Reggio Emilia Experience brings together the history and context of the Reggio Emilia experience, and explores the principles espoused by Loris Malaguzzi and the Early Years'' Educators of the Reggio Emilia Municipality. It critically evaluates the emergent curriculum and quality provision and offers new insights into the powerful and dominant discourses of the Reggio movement. It will provide students and educators with a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon that is Reggio Emilia.
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R. S. Peters

by Christopher Martin e Stefaan E. Cuypers

190,80€ + 10% CARD

 What does it mean to say that someone is an educated person? How do we know what''s worth including in a school curriculum? Is a good moral education about developing good habits, or critical thinking? What role does the development of knowledge and understanding play in living a good life? These are all questions that were robustly taken up by the philosopher of education, R.S. Peters. In an era of immense reform (and confusion) about the values, aims and purposes of education, Peters developed a clear and nuanced account of what education is really about and how educational policy and practice can make good on its promise. This text undertakes a careful and accessible reconstruction of the major themes of Peters'' thought in order to demonstrate the continuing relevance of his project, both for educational researchers and teachers and student teachers seeking to better understand the nature and scope of their work and study.
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A. S. Neill

by Richard Bailey

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 A. S. Neill is one of the major thinkers in education. Richard Bailey's volume offers the most coherent account of Neill's educational thought.This work covers: Intellectual BiographyCritical Exposition of Neill's WorkThe Reception and Influence of A. S. Neill's WorkThe Relevance of A. S. Neill's Work Today
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Confucius

by Charlene Tan

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 Confucius was indisputably a major thinker in education. Charlene Tan's volume offers a coherent account of Confucius' educational thought. This work is divided into three distinctive parts: 1. Intellectual Biography of Confucius2. Critical Exposition of Confucius' Work3. Relevance of Confucius' Work Today
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R. S. Peters

by Christopher Martin e Stefaan E. Cuypers

190,80€ + 10% CARD

 What does it mean to say that someone is an educated person? How do we know what''s worth including in a school curriculum? Is a good moral education about developing good habits, or critical thinking? What role does the development of knowledge and understanding play in living a good life? These are all questions that were robustly taken up by the philosopher of education, R.S. Peters. In an era of immense reform (and confusion) about the values, aims and purposes of education, Peters developed a clear and nuanced account of what education is really about and how educational policy and practice can make good on its promise. This text undertakes a careful and accessible reconstruction of the major themes of Peters'' thought in order to demonstrate the continuing relevance of his project, both for educational researchers and teachers and student teachers seeking to better understand the nature and scope of their work and study.
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Paulo Freire

by Daniel Schugurensky

45,30€ + 10% CARD

 Paulo Freire is indisputably a major thinker in education. This title offers a coherent account of Freire's educational thought, including coverage of the reception and influence of his work and its relevance today.
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The Semantics Of Science

by Roy, Jr. Harris

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 Pays close attention to the early work of the Royal Society and to the twentieth-century semantic crisis caused by attempting to integrate Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics. This lucidly written book will be of interest to all those engaged in linguistics, semiotics, philosophy of science and cultural studies.
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