Work, Education & Leadership: Essays in the Philosophy of Education

ISBN-13: 9780820423234 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 149 str.

V.A Howard;Israel Scheffler

Opis

This book examines the relations among work, education and leadership in philosophical and practical perspective. Among the topics included are the concepts of education and training, the nature of vocational education, the relations of art and utility in schooling, and the roles of leadership in education and work. This book draws together influences from the American Pragmatist, John Dewey, and the British Idealist R. G. Collingwood.

O autorze

The Authors: V. A. Howard and Israel Scheffler have been co-directors of the Philosophy of Education Research Center at Harvard University since 1983. Among V. A. Howard's books are: Learning By All Means (Peter Lang, 1992), Varieties of Thinking (1990) and Artistry, The Work of Artists (1982). Among Israel Scheffler's books are: Reason and Teaching (1973), Science and Subjectivity (1967), and In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions (1991).