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Pearson Philosophy in Classroom Teaching Bridging the Gap 1998 Edition by David A. Jacobsen
This is the first book devoted to clearly establishing the practical applicability of philosophy in classroom teaching. Key philosophical concepts are covered to provide students with a practical, working knowledge of the study of truth and epistemology and how they apply to the major philosophies of idealism, realism, pragmatism, existentialism, and post-modernism. Instead of taking a theoretical approach like many traditional education philosophy texts, this book focuses on the practical by introducing readers to major philosophers and their methods, then using real scenarios to demonstrate how the methods apply in the real classrooms of today. Table of contents :- I. PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATIONAL IDEOLOGIES. 1. Philosophy and Reality. 2. Philosophy and Knowledge. II. PHILOSOPHERS AND CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS. 3. The Ancients: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. 4. Challenging the Ancients: Descartes, Bacon and Locke. 5. Knowledge and the Self: Rousseau and Kant. 6. Logic and Human Behavior: Hegel and Marx. 7. Pedagogy and the Moderns: Herbart and Spencer. 8. Knowledge, Theory and Action: James and Dewey. 9. Subjectivity and Truth: Kierkegaard and Sartre. Glossary of Philosophical Terms. Philosophers' Time Line. References. Index.