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1 online resource (234 pages) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PLATO, THE SQUIRE FAMILY FOUNDATION AND RECLAIMING EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION; PART I; TEACHING PRE-COLLEGE PHILOSOPHY; PHILOSOPHICAL SENSITIVITY; PHILOSOPHY BEYOND BOUNDARIES; A TEMPORARY FICTION; PART II; ETHICS AND THE YOUNG STUDENT; ETHICS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM; BEYOND GOOFUS AND GALLANT; PHILOSOPHY FOR CITIZENSHIP; PART III; TEACHING EPISTEMOLOGY; SOME CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES TO EXPLORE EPISTEMOLOGY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE; WHAT DO YOU KNOW? EPISTEMIC ADVENTURES IN THE CLASSROOM; PART IV; THE BEGINNINGS OF PHILOSOPHY. |
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METAPHYSICS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMPART V; TEACHING THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; SCIENTIFIC AND MATHEMATIC AESTHETICS; PART VI; HELPING STUDENTS MOVE BEYOND SKEPTICISM AND RELATIVISM; A PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION FOR TEACHING REASONING IN PRE-COLLEGE CLASSROOMS; PART VII; PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT ASSESSMENT; WHAT CAN PSYCHOLOGY CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEACHING OF PHILOSOPHY?; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS. |
| Summary |
Are children natural philosophers? They are curious about questions such as the meaning and purpose of being alive and whether we can know anything at all. Pre-college philosophy takes as a starting point young people's inherent interest in large questions about the human condition. Philosophy and Education: Introducing Philosophy to Young People seeks to illuminate the ways in which philosophy can strengthen and deepen pre-college education. The book examines various issues involved in teac ... |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Children and philosophy.
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Philosophy -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Philosophy -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Electronic books.
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Israeloff, Roberta.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lone, Jana Mohr. Philosophy and Education : Introducing Philosophy to Young People. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2012 9781443839792 |
| ISBN |
9781443845595 (electronic bk.) |
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1443845590 (electronic bk.) |
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9781299646605 |
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1299646603 |
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9781443839792 (hbk.) |
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1443839795 (hbk.) |
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