Book
Windows into the History and Philosophy of Education
(2020)
Abstract
The theme of windows, lenses, and mirrors provides a framework for this exploration into the history and philosophy of education. It serves as a metaphor for how students of history peer through windows representing parameters of time and space. To gain an understanding of past events and ideas, scholars use various lenses of interpretation. To draw meaningful implications for themselves and for current society, they turn to the mirror of reflection. This book implements the tools of examination, interpretation, and reflection to stimulate the reader’s analysis of educational theory and practice. It presents windows into the history of education from Ancient Athens to twenty-first century America, including familiar individuals, such as Horace Mann and John Dewey. It also introduces readers to those less familiar, such as Rebecca Protten, Judith Sargent Murray, Horace Bushnell, Margaret Douglass, General Oliver Otis Howard, and Susan Miller Dorsey. The primary intent of the book is to encourage readers to consider their own philosophy and practice of education in light of historical developments, current implications, and personal convictions.
Keywords
- Philosophy,
- History of Philosophy,
- Philosophy of Mind,
- Education and Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Disciplines
Publication Date
2020
Publisher
Kendall Hunt
ISBN
978-1-7924-2463-2
Citation Information
Samuel J. Smith. Windows into the History and Philosophy of Education. Dubuque(2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/samuel_smith/111/