Education and Civilization The Transmission of Culture
It has been asserted that there is no one universal proposition with which all philosophers would agree, including this one. The pre dicament has rarely been recognized and almost never accepted, although neither has it been successfully challenged. If the claim holds true for philosophy taken by i...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1987, 1987
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I: The theory of education
- 1. A philosophy of education
- 2. The institution as educator
- 3. The educational institution
- 4. The eminence of scholarship
- 5. The prevalence of ignorance
- 6. The range of learning
- II: The theory of practice in education
- 1. Problems in the philosophy of education
- 2. The education of the academic administrator
- 3. Falsity in practice
- III: The uses of university
- 1. What happens in college?
- 2. The college teacher
- 3. Thoughts about teaching
- 4. The well-grounded graduate
- 5. A slower pace for superior students
- 6. Athletic education
- IV: The advancement of education
- 1. Education and the genius
- 2. The genius versus the American university
- V: Education and civilization
- 1. The cultural conditioning of education
- 2. The future of the past
- 3. The hidden philosophy of Americans
- 4. Education and Western civilization
- 5. Education and the total culture
- Notes
- A system of philosophy