Drawing on the tradition of Pragmatic Humanism, this book offers an alternative approach to thinking and talking about liberal and humanistic education that breaks free from what Richard Rorty has called "outworn vocabularies and attitudes." This book: aims to reach beyond and integrate the Clas
Philosophical & Sociological Foundations of Education
โ Scribed by M.S. Talawar; T. Pradeep Kumar
- Publisher
- Himalaya Publishing House
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 503
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Philosophy is to preceive the original source of certain ideas from which the practical matters of education are held to be derived by a series of logical inferences. Philosophy and education are like two faces of the same coin. Similarly, Social ideologies have their own impact on educational theories and practices. The aims and methods of education vary considerable due to varied conceptions of social organization. Education is an instrument of social control and social change. Education is a means for social transformation. Both the knowledge of philosophy and Sociology plays a vital role in the Classroom teaching ? learning process and hence giving a wide range of scope for teachers as well as students.
โฆ Subjects
Education -- Philosophy. ; Educational sociology.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
<P>An extended historical and philosophical argument, this book will be a valuable text for all students of the philosophy of the social sciences. It discusses the serious alternatives to positivist and empiricist accounts of the <I>physical</I> sciences, and poses the debate between naturalism and
<p><p>This book provides a philosophical foundation to the theory and practice of education from the Indian perspective. It is guided by an 'axionoetic' approach to education and therefore it deals with the epistemological foundation and value orientation of education. The author discusses the ontol