Dewey, Russell, Whitehead: Philosophers as Educators

✍ Scribed by Brian Hendley; Robert Sherrick Brumbaugh; George Kimball Plochmann

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 202
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In Philosophers as Educators Brian Patrick Hendley argues that philosophers of edu­cation should reject their preoccupation with defining terms and analyzing concepts and embrace the philosophical task of con­structing general theories of education.  Hendley discusses in detail the educational philosophies of John Dewey, Bertrand Rus­sell, and Alfred North Whitehead. He sees in these men excellent role models that contem­porary philosophers might well follow. Hendley believes that, like these men­tors, philosophers should take a more ac­tive, practical role in education. Dewey and Russell ran their own schools, and Whitehead served as a university admin­istrator and as a member of many com­mittees created to study education.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Book Title
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Reconstruction of the Philosophy of Education
2. John Dewey and the Laboratory School
3. Bertrand Russell and the Beacon Hill School
4. Alfred North Whitehead and the Rhythm of Education
5. The Philosopher as Educator Today
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Author Bio