Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

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11. The Global Reception of John Dewey's Thought

    Multiple Refractions Through Time and Space

    Edited by Rosa Bruno-Jofré, Jürgen Schriewer

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    This volume explores the reception of John Dewey’s ideas in various historical and geographical settings such as Japan, China, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Spain, Russia, and Germany, analyzing how and why Dewey’s thought was interpreted in various ways according to mediating local discursive and...

    Published September 25th 2011 by Routledge
12. Levinas and Education

    At the Intersection of Faith and Reason

    Edited by Denise Egéa-Kuehne

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    This first book-length collection on Levinas and education gathers new texts written especially for this volume by an international group of scholars well known for their work in philosophy, educational theory, and on Levinas. It provides an introduction to some of Levinas's major themes of ethics,...

    Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
13. Beauty and Education

    By Joe Winston

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    Beauty is something we value instinctively. We find it in art and in nature, in words, images and ideas, seeking it through our senses and through our intellect, in others and in ourselves. This book seeks to re-awaken educators to the power of beauty as an educational concept, to its relevance for...

    Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge
14. Geometry as Objective Science in Elementary School Classrooms

    Mathematics in the Flesh

    By Wolff-Michael Roth

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    This study examines the origins of geometry in and out of the intuitively given everyday lifeworlds of children in a second-grade mathematics class. These lifeworlds, though pre-geometric, are not without model objects that denote and come to anchor geometric idealities that they...

    Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge
15. Education, Professionalization and Social Representations

    On the Transformation of Social Knowledge

    Edited by Mohamed Chaib, Berth Danermark, Staffan Selander

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    This book presents a broad range of research related to how social knowledge is shared, transmitted and transformed in the context of education and professional formation. The chapters of this edited collection reflect different theoretical and empirical approaches to that form of common-sense...

    Published November 7th 2010 by Routledge
16. Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking

    By Christopher Winch

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    The concepts of autonomy and of critical thinking are of key importance in many contemporary accounts of the aims of education. Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking analyzes their relationship to each other and to education, explores their roles in mortality and politics, and examines the part...

    Published March 5th 2009 by Routledge
17. Life, Work and Learning

    By David Beckett, Paul Hager

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    In both paid and unpaid work contexts adults learn powerfully from their experiences. In this book, the authors argue that this should be the basis for a new perception of what is truly educational in life. Drawing on the works of Aristotle, Wittgenstein and Russell, along with contemporary...

    Published November 14th 2001 by Routledge
18. Methods in Philosophy of Education

    Edited by Frieda Heyting, Dieter Lenzen, John White

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    This important new book presents a 'dual strand' argument: Firstly, it gives a comprehensive account of methods in philosophy of education, with leading international figures in the field of writing from a variety of methodological and epistemological perspectives. Secondly, it examines their...

    Published July 11th 2001 by Routledge
19. Philosophical Discussion in Moral Education

    The Community of Ethical Inquiry

    By Tim Sprod

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    In recent years there has been an increase in the number of calls for moral education to receive greater public attention. In our pluralist society, however, it is difficult to find agreement on what exactly moral education requires. Philosophical Discussion in Moral Education develops a detailed...

    Published January 24th 2001 by Routledge
20. Lyotard

    Just Education

    Edited by Pradeep Dhillon, Paul Standish

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    Following Lyotard's death in 1998, this book provides an exploration of the recurrent theme of education in his work. It brings to a wider audience the significance of a body of thought about education that is subtle, profound and still largely unexplored. This book also makes an important...

    Published November 15th 2000 by Routledge