The first edition of Nel Noddings' Philosophy of Education was acclaimed as the'best
overview in the field'by the journal Teaching Philosophy and predicted to'become the …

This title, first published in 1973, brings together a variety of papers by Israel Scheffler, one
of America's leading educational philosophers. The essays each stress the importance of …

Philosophy of education has had difficulty finding its proper role in recent years. It has been
seen as too removed from educational matters, irrelevant to teacher and administrator …

Now even more affordably priced in its second edition," Classic and Contemporary
Readings in the Philosophy of Education" is ideal for undergraduate and graduate …

Philosophy of education has an honored place in the history of Western philosophical
thought. Its questions are as vital now, both philosophically and practically, as they have …

Philosophy of education is the branch of applied or practical philosophy concerned with the
nature and aims of education and the philosophical problems arising from educational …

What follows, then, is the slow, complex and indirect answer given by a philosopher to the
apparently simple question:'What is philosophy of education?'And, as indicated, the …

Education, like every other important branch of knowledge, has its underlying philosophical
problems. It is these problems and the attempts to solve them which together make up the …

Education is an essential component of life that none can do without. It can be obtained
through structured and unstructured, verbal and nonverbal, and direct and indirect methods …

In a clear and lively manner, this new reference explains all of the essential concepts used
in contemporary and modern philosophy of education. It also provides invaluable …