Problems in Philosophy of Education: A Systematic Approach

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Problems in Philosophy of Education canvasses several of the leading issues in philosophy of education. These include the disconnect between the disciplines of philosophy and philosophy of education, the strained relationship between educational practice and philosophy of education, the role of educational research in philosophy of education, and the lack of an independent scholarship for philosophy of education. James Scott Johnson argues for a philosophy of education separate and distinct from both the disciplines of philosophy and education and claims that philosophy of education should raise and address its own questions and concerns. Supporting this is a model of how philosophy of education should originate basic questions, together with a set of philosophic presuppositions regarding the model's logic, ethics, politics, and relationship to science and social science. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part One Philosophy of Education in North America: History,Diagnosis, and Prognosis 1 Educational Theories; Philosophic Models 2 Present Circumstances of Philosophy of Education 3 Conclusion: The Two Constants in Philosophy of Education Part Two Theory and Research in Scholarship 4 Between Philosophy and Education 5 Philosophy or Theory of Education 6 Philosophy and Educational Research Part Three Practice 7 Teaching and Learning 8 The Questions of Curriculum 9 The Questions of Schools as Social Institutions Part Four Toward a New Program 10 Question 1 11 Question 2 12 Question 3 13 Wither the Concept? Appendix: Philosophical Presuppositions References Index