Philosophy of education : an anthology

• Other Authors: Curren, Randall R., 1969- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Malden ; Oxford ; Carlton, Victoria : Blackwell Publishing, 2007
• Edition: First published
• Series: Blackwell philosophy anthologies
• Subjects: filozofie výchovy; philosophy of education; antologie; anthology
• ISBN: 9781405130226; 978-1-4051-3023-3
• Physical Description: xx, 582 stran ; 26 cm

Table of Contents:

• The nature and aims of education
• Introduction: what is education?
• Turning the psyche / Plato
• Knowing how to rule and be ruled as justice demands / Plato
• An educated person can speak well and persuade / Isocrates
• The exercise of reason / John Locke
• The education of nature / Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• The democratic conception in education / John Dewey
• Education as initiation / R.S. Peters
• Banking v. problem-solving models of education / Paulo Freire
• Liberal education and the relationship between education and work
• Liberal v. mechanical education / Aristotle
• Learning the value of work / Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Education for labor and leisure / John Dewey
• Education and standards of living / Amartya Sen
• The liberal studies in a global world / Otfried Hoffe
• Autonomy and exit rights
• The child's right to an open future / Joel Feinberg
• Justice, autonomy, and the good / Eamonn Callan
• "Mistresses of their own destiny ": group rights, gender, and realistic rights of exit / Susan Moller Okin
• Educational authority