The philosophical issues which this book explores are shown throughout to have their roots in problems associated with established thinking and practice, and the author's ideas have considerable practical relevance. The author argues for a thorough reappraisal of the nature and basis of the teacher's authority.
The philosophical issues which this book explores are shown throughout to have their roots in problems associated with established thinking and practi...
This volume emphasizes the necessity for arts teachers to nurture the personal development of their students by expanding their artistic understanding and creativity.
This volume emphasizes the necessity for arts teachers to nurture the personal development of their students by expanding their artistic understanding...
This text deals with the everlasting problem of war and peace. In it, the author argues that mankind must be predisposed for peace by the right kind of education and he discusses how to devise methods of education which will prevent war. This book deals with the everlasting problem of war and peace.
This text deals with the everlasting problem of war and peace. In it, the author argues that mankind must be predisposed for peace by the right kind o...
Intended primarily for education students, this book provides an introduction to the philosophy of education that tackles educational problems and at the same time relates them to the mainstream of philosophical analysis.
Intended primarily for education students, this book provides an introduction to the philosophy of education that tackles educational problems and at ...
In recent years there has been a new mood in teacher education. The emphasis is on professional studies, on encouraging trainee teachers to think intelligently about how to tackle problems of the classroom. This book surveys the developments which are taking it further in both Britain and North America.
In recent years there has been a new mood in teacher education. The emphasis is on professional studies, on encouraging trainee teachers to think inte...
This study describes research into teachers' role conceptions and uncertainties in different types of school and neighbourhood. The authors examine in particular pupils' and parents' conceptions of the teacher's role, and the conflicts which teachers experience when they are exposed to different expectations and demands.
This study describes research into teachers' role conceptions and uncertainties in different types of school and neighbourhood. The authors examine in...
This text discusses the kind of imaginative thinking which is going on all the time without producing the masterpieces of art and culture. The author brings together the body of educational theory, psychological theory and general opinions about imagination, to provide an account of everyday imagining for educationalists.
This text discusses the kind of imaginative thinking which is going on all the time without producing the masterpieces of art and culture. The author ...
This book examines the concepts of equality, class, culture, work and leisure and explores their interrelationship through the discussion of some current problems, especially the problems posed for schools for the culturally deprived. The debate about differential provision of schooling for different social groups is taken up through examination of the assumption that schools are middle-class institutions, and the claims and counter claims about the possibility of there being a common culture as the basis for a common curriculum in comprehensive schools. The concept of culture and,...
This book examines the concepts of equality, class, culture, work and leisure and explores their interrelationship through the discussion of some c...
Inevitably a product of the time in which it was published this book discusses important questions of neuro-psychology as well as setting out the early nature versus nurture debate. The author also argues for changes in the care and education of those with learning difficulties to enable them to lead fulfilling lives, rather than being incarcerated in institutions (as was routinely the case in 1928).
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Inevitably a product of the time in which it was published this book discusses important questions of neuro-psychology as well as setting out the e...
The editors have compiled this critical and comparative study of changes which took place in the New Zealand education system in the second half of the twentieth century. For other Western societies who have felt the impact of New Right policies the New Zealand case is interesting because it provides some indication of how policies of decentralization in education might be used to develop egalitarian and democratic educational policies.
In recent years there have been major changes to educational systems in the Western world. Often these changes have been justified by reference to...
The editors have compiled this critical and comparative study of changes which took place in the New Zealand education system in the second half of...
