Classic and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Education
by Steven Cahn
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.1
EAN: 9780070096196
ISBN: 0070096198
Label: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: 1996-08-01
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Studio: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary: Quick shipping
Comment: This book shipped quickly! I even bought standard shipping and I got it in a couple of days!
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Comment: Many of the readings are interesting and easy to understand, but a lot of the selections are difficult and take some time to think through.
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Summary: Dense but informative
Comment: I am currently teaching philosophy of education to masters students, most of whom will become teachers. Cahn is a tough read. Many passages are long and others are excerpts of the whole text, which always makes for difficult reading. My biggest problem, besides some of the philosophers that Cahn uses, is that Cahn regularly fails to let the reader know the original date of the writing he has included. For my students and myself, this makes it difficult to understand the historical setting in which the original writing has taken place. If I have a difficult time figuring out the date of the excerpt, it makes teaching this material worse.
For an educator who has been writing philosophy books since the early 1970s, I find it strange that Cahn cannot take the time to include this little bit of information.
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Summary: A Mixture
Comment: Mixture of classic writers that were pretty deep. Truthfully some of the classic writers were over my head (Plato, Aristotle, John Dewey, etc.). The rest of the book was more contemporary with essays from a culturally diverse population of writers. I had to buy it for a Philosopy of Ed. class and managed to get by with an A, but some of the classic writer's I'd like to read again, and again (since I probably won't get what in the heck they're saying the first time around). Something to put on your summer reading list for professional enrichment.
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Summary: Quick shipping
Comment: This book shipped quickly! I even bought standard shipping and I got it in a couple of days!
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Summary: Classic and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Education
Comment: Many of the readings are interesting and easy to understand, but a lot of the selections are difficult and take some time to think through.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Dense but informative
Comment: I am currently teaching philosophy of education to masters students, most of whom will become teachers. Cahn is a tough read. Many passages are long and others are excerpts of the whole text, which always makes for difficult reading. My biggest problem, besides some of the philosophers that Cahn uses, is that Cahn regularly fails to let the reader know the original date of the writing he has included. For my students and myself, this makes it difficult to understand the historical setting in which the original writing has taken place. If I have a difficult time figuring out the date of the excerpt, it makes teaching this material worse.
For an educator who has been writing philosophy books since the early 1970s, I find it strange that Cahn cannot take the time to include this little bit of information.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Mixture
Comment: Mixture of classic writers that were pretty deep. Truthfully some of the classic writers were over my head (Plato, Aristotle, John Dewey, etc.). The rest of the book was more contemporary with essays from a culturally diverse population of writers. I had to buy it for a Philosopy of Ed. class and managed to get by with an A, but some of the classic writer's I'd like to read again, and again (since I probably won't get what in the heck they're saying the first time around). Something to put on your summer reading list for professional enrichment.
Intended for philosophy of education courses, this anthology brings together classic writings on education by leading figures in the history of philosophy and notable contributions to the field by a variety of contemporary thinkers. The first section provides material from a sizable collection of classic writers, enabling students to read the original sources for themselves. The second section includes recent materials that reflect diverse approaches such as feminism, critical theory, and multiculturalism.
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