Philosophical Documents in Education

Philosophical Documents in Education, 3/e masterfully argues that students can better understand and practice their profession by reading, contemplating, and discussing the great philosophic tradition in education.  An edited anthology of 18 primary source materials in educational philosophy, this book provides a wide range of both historical and contemporary viewpoints.  Works by philosophers of numerous perspectives–-including Catharine Macaulay, Hannah Arendt, Cornel West, Maxine Greene, Paulo Freire, Kieran Egan, Jane Roland Martin, and Parker J. Palmer–-expose readers to philosophical views from diverse populations and convictions.  With fresh perspectives, a comprehensive and contextualizing introduction, and updated pedagogy including revised timelines and new chapter questions, this revered resource is more vital than ever for today's teachers.

Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments   Introduction 1. Socrates and Plato     Time Line for Socrates     Time Line for Plato     Introduction     Note From Plato's Apology (ca. 399 BC) From Plato's The Republic (ca. 366 BC)     Book V1     Book V11     Questions 2. Aristotle.     Time Line for Aristotle     Time Line for His Writings     Introduction     Notes From Nichomachean Ethics (ca. 330 BC)     Book 1     Book 11     Book X     Questions 3. St. Augustine     Time Line for St. Augustine     Introduction From Confessions (ca. 400)     Book 1     Book III From Concerning the Teacher (ca. 389)     Internal Light, Internal Truth     Words Do Not Always Have the Power Even to Reveal the Mind of the Speaker     Christ Teaches within the Mind. Man’s Words are External and Serve Only to Give Reminders     Questions 4. Erasmus     Time Line for Erasmus     Introduction     Notes From The Praise of Folly (1509) Letter from Erasmus to Ulrich von Hutten (1516) From “On the Right Method of Instruction” (1518)     1. Thought and Expression Form the Two-Fold Material of Instruction     2. Expression Claims the First Place in Point of Time. Both the Greek and Latin Languages Needful to the Educated Man     3. The Right Method of Acquiring Grammar Rests upon Reading and Not upon Definitions and Rules     Questions 5. John Locke     Time Line for Locke     Introduction     Notes From Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693)     Questions 6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau.     Time Line for Rousseau     Introduction From Emile (1762)     Questions 7. Catharine Macaulay     Time Line for Macaulay     Introduction     Notes From Letters on Education (1790)     “No Characteristic Difference in Sex”     “Coquettry”     “Benevolence”     Questions   8. John Dewey.     Time Line for Dewey.     Introduction     Notes “My Pedagogic Creed” (1897)     Article I- What Education Is     Article II- What the School Is     Article III- The Subject-Matter of Education     Article IV- The Nature of Method     Article V- The School and Social Progress From Democracy and Education (1916) From Experience and Education (1938)     Questions 9. Hannah Arendt     Time Line for Arendt     Introduction     Notes From Between Past and Present     “The Crisis in Education”         Part I         Part II         Part III         Part IV     Questions 10. Maxine Greene     Time Line for Greene     Introduction     Notes From The Dialectic of Freedom (1988)     Questions 11. Jane Roland Martin     Time Line for Martin     Introduction     Note From Reclaiming a Conversation: The Ideal of the Educated Woman (1985)     Redefining the Educational Realm     Educating Our Sons     Toward a Gender-Sensitive Ideal     Questions 12. Cornel West     Time Line for West     Introduction     Notes From Prophetic Thought in Postmodern Times (1993)     The Value of the Age of Europe       The End of the Age of Europe and the Rise of the United States     The Decolonization of the Third World     Economic and Social Decline     The Ravages of the Culture of Consumption     Questions 13. Paulo Freire     Time Line for Freire     Introduction     Notes From Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1972)     Questions 14. Nel Noddings     Time Line for Noddings     Introduction     Notes From The Challenge to Care in Schools:  An Alternative Approach to Education (1992)     “The Debate in Ethics”     Questions   15. Kieran Egan     Time Line for Egan     Introduction     Notes From Teaching as Story Telling (1986)     Introduction     Story Rhythm     Binary Opposites     Affective Meaning     Metaphors, Analogs, and Objectives     Conclusion     Questions   16. Matthew Lipman     Time Line for Lipman     Introduction     Notes “Do Elementary School Children Need Philosophy?” (1994) From Philosophy Goes to School (1988)     Did Plato Condemn Philosophy for the Young?     Philosophical Inquiry as the Model of Education     What Is It to Be Fully Educated?     Converting Classrooms into Communities of Inquiry From Philosophy in the Classroom (1977)     Guiding a Classroom Discussion     The Role of Ideas in a Philosophical Dialogue     Questions   17. Gareth Matthews     Time Line for Matthews     Introduction From The Philosophy of Childhood (1994)     A Philosopher’s View of Childhood From Philosophy and the Young Child (1980)     Puzzlement Review of ArnoldLobel’s Frog and Toad Together (1985)     Questions   18. Parker J. Palmer     Time Line for Palmer     Introduction     Notes From The Courage to Teach (1998)     The Hidden Wholeness:  Paradox in Teaching and Learning     Thinking the World Together     When Things Fall Apart     The Limits and Potentials of Self     Paradox and Pedagogical Design     Practicing Paradox in the Classroom     Holding the Tensions of Opposites     Questions                                                    Index