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Author Lone, Jana Mohr

Title Philosophy and Education : Introducing Philosophy to Young People
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012

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Description 1 online resource (234 pages)
Contents 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
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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Subject Children and philosophy.
Philosophy -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Philosophy -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
PHILOSOPHY -- General.
Children and philosophy
Philosophy -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Philosophy -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Form Electronic book
Author Israeloff, Roberta
ISBN 9781443845595
1443845590
9781299646605
1299646603