1st Edition

New Essays in the Philosophy of Education (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 13)

Edited By Glenn Langford, D.J. O'Connor Copyright 1973
    280 Pages
    by Routledge

    278 Pages
    by Routledge

    The contributors to this collection of essays offer a stimulating and varied range of approaches to this developing area. The volume includes discussions on the concept of education and such related topics as indoctrination and the nature and scope of the theory of education. Aspects of education including the field of moral education, and issues which are reflected prominently in the curricula of such subjects as Mathematics and Science in schools and colleges are considered.

    Part 1: Education  1. The Concept of Education  Glenn Langford  2. The Concept of Indoctrination  Patricia Smart   3. The Nature and Scope of Educational Theory (1) D J O'Connor  4. The Nature and Scope of Educational Theory (2)  P. H. Hirst  Part 2:Education and Values  5. Education - A Moral Concept  T. F. Daveney  6. Moral Autonomy as an Aim of Moral Education  Kurt Baier  7. Values in Education (1) Glenn Langford  8. Values in Education (2)  Part 3:Aspects of Education  9. Language and Moral Education  R. M. Hare  10. Is Religious Education Possible?  W. D. Hudson  11. Aesthetic Education  Diane Collinson  12. The Problem of Curriculum Sequence in Mathematics  Christopher Ormell  13. Philosophy of Education and the Place of Science in the Curriculum  P. H. Nidditch

    Biography

    Glenn Langford, D.J. O'Connor