Philosophy of Education An Anthology [Hardcover]

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• The readings have been selected for their philosophical merit, their focus on important aspects of educational practice and their readability.
  
• Includes classic pieces by Plato, Aristotle, Isocrates, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, and Dewey.
  
• Addresses topical issues such as teacher professionalism and accountability, the commercialization of schooling, multicultural education, and parental choice.

Acknowledgements.

A Note to Instructors on the Classics.

General Introduction..

Part I: The Nature and Aims of Education.

Introduction..

What is Education?.

1. Turning the Psyche (Plato).

2. Knowing How to Rule and be Ruled as Justice Demands (Plato).

3. An Educated Person Can Speak Well and Persuade (Isocrates).

4. The Exercise of Reason (John Locke).

5. The Education of Nature (Jean-Jacques Rousseau).

6. The Democratic Conception of Education (John Dewey).

7. Education as Initiation (R. S. Peters).

8. Banking v. Problem-solving Models of Education (Paulo Freire).

Liberal Education and the Relationship between Education and Work.

9. Liberal v. Mechanical Education (Aristotle).

10. Learning the Value of Work (Jean-Jacques Rousseau).

11. Education for Labor and Leisure (John Dewey).

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