Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy

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D. C. Phillips - Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy
May 2014 | 952 pages | Sage US
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Education is a field sometimes beset by theories-of-the-day and with easy panaceas that overpromise the degree to which they can alleviate pressing educational problems. The two-volume Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy introduces readers to theories that have stood the test of time and those that have provided the historical foundation for the best of contemporary educational theory and practice. Drawing together a team of international scholars, this invaluable reference examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them and presents them in the context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses. In addition to interpretations of long-established theories, this work offers essays on cutting-edge research and concise, to-the-point definitions of key concepts, ideas, schools, and figures.

Features:

  • Over 300 signed entries by trusted experts in the field are organized into two volumes and overseen by a distinguished general editor and an international editorial board.
  • Entries are followed by cross references and further reading suggestions.
  • A Reader’s Guide groups entries thematically
  • The Reader’s Guide, detailed index, and cross references combine for strong search-and-browse capabilities in the electronic version.

Available in a choice of print or electronic formats, Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy is an ideal reference for anyone interested in the roots of contemporary educational theory. 

Key Themes:

  • Aims of Education
  • Classic Premodern Philosophers, Theories, and Theorists
  • Curriculum
  • Educational Research, Evaluation, and Testing
  • Equity, Rights, Social Stratification, and Citizenship
  • Higher Education
  • Learners, Learning, and Teaching
  • Liberal Education
  • Moral, Religious, Spiritual, and Social/Cultural Values
  • Multiculturalism and Special Populations
  • Organization of Schooling
  • Philosophy of Science, Sociology of Science, and Epistemology
  • Philosophy of Education: Feminist Perspectives
  • Philosophy of Education: Nonwestern Traditions
  • Philosophy of Education: The Analytic Tradition
  • Philosophy of Education: The Continental Traditions
  • Philosophy of Education: The Political Theory Tradition
  • Philosophy of Education: The Pragmatic Tradition
  • Progressive Education
  • Psychological Orientation in Educational Theory
  • Social Sciences Orientation in Educational Theory

Contents

Aims: Concept of

Aims: Concept of

Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

Connoisseurship and Educational Criticism

Connoisseurship and Educational Criticism

Cultural Literacy and Core Knowledge

Cultural Literacy and Core Knowledge

Achievement Motivation

Achievement Motivation

Homeschooling

Homeschooling

Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action

Epistemology, Multicultural

Epistemology, Multicultural

Accountability and Standards-Based Reform

Accountability and Standards-Based Reform

Cognitive Revolution and Information Processing Perspectives

Cognitive Revolution and Information Processing Perspectives

Deconstruction

Deconstruction

Religious Symbols and Clothing

Religious Symbols and Clothing

Toleration and Respect

Toleration and Respect

Young, Iris Marion

Young, Iris Marion

Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Teaching, Concept and Models of

Teaching, Concept and Models of

Equality of Opportunity

Equality of Opportunity

Single- and Double-Loop Learning

Single- and Double-Loop Learning

Theory of Action

Theory of Action

Probability and Significance Testing

Probability and Significance Testing

Positivism

Positivism

Radical Constructivism: Ernst Von Glasersfeld

Radical Constructivism: Ernst Von Glasersfeld

Ethics in Teaching

Ethics in Teaching

Patriotism

Patriotism

Curriculum, Construction and Evaluation of

Curriculum, Construction and Evaluation of

Education, Transcendental Justification of

Education, Transcendental Justification of

Hidden Curriculum

Hidden Curriculum

Dewey, John

Dewey, John

Productive Labor and Occupations: From Dewey to Makarenko

Productive Labor and Occupations: From Dewey to Makarenko

Technology and Society, Critiques of

Technology and Society, Critiques of

Cavell, Stanley

Cavell, Stanley

Educational Theory, Nature of

Educational Theory, Nature of

Newman, John Henry (Cardinal)

Newman, John Henry (Cardinal)

Learning, Theories of

Learning, Theories of

Postmodernism

Postmodernism

Immigrants, Education of

Immigrants, Education of

Conceptual Change

Conceptual Change

Progressive Education and Its Critics

Progressive Education and Its Critics

Scheffler, Israel

Scheffler, Israel

Aristotle

Aristotle

Bildung

Bildung

Higher Education: Contemporary Controversies

Higher Education: Contemporary Controversies

Waldorf Education: Rudolf Steiner

Waldorf Education: Rudolf Steiner

Social Systems Theory: Talcott Parsons and Niklas Luhmann

Social Systems Theory: Talcott Parsons and Niklas Luhmann

Jewish Educational Philosophy

Jewish Educational Philosophy

Neurosciences and Learning

Neurosciences and Learning

Behaviorism

Behaviorism

Lakatos, Imre

Lakatos, Imre

Popper, Karl

Popper, Karl

Postpositivism

Postpositivism

Spectator Theory of Knowledge

Spectator Theory of Knowledge

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking

Russell, Bertrand

Russell, Bertrand

Right to an Education

Right to an Education

Adolescent Development

Adolescent Development

Technology and Education

Technology and Education

Marx, Karl

Marx, Karl

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Epistemologies, Teacher and Student

Epistemologies, Teacher and Student

Colonialism and Postcolonial Theory

Colonialism and Postcolonial Theory

Critical Theory

Critical Theory

Greene, Maxine

Greene, Maxine

Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Critical Pedagogy

Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Critical Pedagogy

Globalization and World Society

Globalization and World Society

Narrative Research

Narrative Research

Evolution and Educational Psychology

Evolution and Educational Psychology

Mead, George H.

Mead, George H.

Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics

Peace Education

Peace Education

MacIntyre, Alasdair

MacIntyre, Alasdair

Phronesis (Practical Reason)

Phronesis (Practical Reason)

Mill, John Stuart

Mill, John Stuart

Muslim Philosophical Traditions and Education

Muslim Philosophical Traditions and Education

Phenomenological Pedagogy

Phenomenological Pedagogy

High-Stakes Testing

High-Stakes Testing

Vocational Education

Vocational Education

Feminist Ethics

Feminist Ethics

Educational Research, Critiques of

Educational Research, Critiques of

Confucius

Confucius

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Dropouts

Dropouts

Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan

Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan

Design Experiments

Design Experiments

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Neill, A. S., and Summerhill

Neill, A. S., and Summerhill

Vygotsky, Lev

Vygotsky, Lev

Kant, Immanuel

Kant, Immanuel

Locke, John

Locke, John

Buber, Martin

Buber, Martin

Religious Education and Spirituality

Religious Education and Spirituality

Pestalozzi, Johann H.

Pestalozzi, Johann H.

Distributed Cognition

Distributed Cognition

Rawls, John

Rawls, John

Discourse Analysis

Discourse Analysis

Children's Rights

Children's Rights

International Student Assessment (PISA)

International Student Assessment (PISA)

Schooling in the United States: Historical Analyses

Schooling in the United States: Historical Analyses

Capability Approach: Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen

Capability Approach: Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen

Legal Decisions in Education

Legal Decisions in Education

Anthropology of Education: Main Traditions and Issues

Anthropology of Education: Main Traditions and Issues

Education, Concept of

Education, Concept of

Capital: Cultural, Social and Symbolic

Capital: Cultural, Social and Symbolic

Montessori Education

Montessori Education

Aquinas and Thomism

Aquinas and Thomism

Autonomy

Autonomy

Pure and Applied Research and Pasteur's Quadrant

Pure and Applied Research and Pasteur's Quadrant

Noddings, Nel

Noddings, Nel

Ethics in Research

Ethics in Research

Evaluation of Educational and Social Programs: Models

Evaluation of Educational and Social Programs: Models

Phenomenology

Phenomenology

Bacon, Francis

Bacon, Francis

Apple, Michael

Apple, Michael

Transfer of Learning

Transfer of Learning

Edinburgh School of Sociology of Knowledge

Edinburgh School of Sociology of Knowledge

Lyotard, Jean-Francois

Lyotard, Jean-Francois

Indian Religious and Philosophical Traditions and Education

Indian Religious and Philosophical Traditions and Education

Cosmopolitanism

Cosmopolitanism

James, William

James, William

Husserl and Heidegger

Husserl and Heidegger

Knowledge, Structure of: From Aristotle to Bruner and Hirst

Knowledge, Structure of: From Aristotle to Bruner and Hirst

Communities of Learners

Communities of Learners

School Choice

School Choice

Critical Race Theory

Critical Race Theory

Rights: Children, Parents, and Community

Rights: Children, Parents, and Community

Arnold, Matthew

Arnold, Matthew

Multiple Intelligences: Howard Gardner

Multiple Intelligences: Howard Gardner

Utopias

Utopias

Youth Culture: Theories of

Youth Culture: Theories of

Bruner, Jerome

Bruner, Jerome

Arendt, Hannah

Arendt, Hannah

Competence

Competence

Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Lee Shulman

Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Lee Shulman

Liberal Education: Overview

Liberal Education: Overview

Chomsky, Noam

Chomsky, Noam

Disciplinarity

Disciplinarity

Deschooling Society: Ivan Illich

Deschooling Society: Ivan Illich

Citizenship and Civic Education

Citizenship and Civic Education

Castoriadis, Cornelius

Castoriadis, Cornelius

Aptitude-Treatment Interactions and Differential Instruction

Aptitude-Treatment Interactions and Differential Instruction

Oakeshott, Michael

Oakeshott, Michael

Intelligence: History and Controversies

Intelligence: History and Controversies

Self-Regulated Learning

Self-Regulated Learning

Century of the Child: Ellen Key

Century of the Child: Ellen Key

Freud, Sigmund

Freud, Sigmund

Addams, Jane

Addams, Jane

Bilingual Education

Bilingual Education

Value-Free Ideal for Research: Controversies

Value-Free Ideal for Research: Controversies

Behavioral Objectives and Operational Definitions

Behavioral Objectives and Operational Definitions

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Common or Core Curriculum

Common or Core Curriculum

Values Clarification

Values Clarification

de Beauvoir, Simone

de Beauvoir, Simone

Creative and Lateral Thinking: Edward de Bono

Creative and Lateral Thinking: Edward de Bono

Virtue Ethics

Virtue Ethics

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism

Piaget, Jean

Piaget, Jean

Teaching Machines: From Thorndike, Pressey, and Skinner to CAI

Teaching Machines: From Thorndike, Pressey, and Skinner to CAI

Character Development

Character Development

Whitehead, Alfred N.

Whitehead, Alfred N.

Dialogue

Dialogue

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Case Studies

Case Studies

Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Recapitulation, Theory of

Recapitulation, Theory of

Stereotype Effects and Attributions 

Stereotype Effects and Attributions 

Habits

Habits

Advance Organizers

Advance Organizers

Literacy and the New Literacy Studies

Literacy and the New Literacy Studies

Happiness

Happiness

Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism

Open Schools

Open Schools

Socialization

Socialization

Liberalism

Liberalism

Socrates and Socratic Dialogue

Socrates and Socratic Dialogue

Augustine

Augustine

Sartre, Jean-Paul

Sartre, Jean-Paul

Maritain, Jacques

Maritain, Jacques

Validity, Types of

Validity, Types of

Dalton Plan

Dalton Plan

Lifelong Education

Lifelong Education

Complexity Theory

Complexity Theory

Loose Coupling

Loose Coupling

Multiversity

Multiversity

Goodman, Paul

Goodman, Paul

Murdoch, Iris

Murdoch, Iris

Montaigne, Michel de

Montaigne, Michel de

Project Method

Project Method

School and Classroom Climate

School and Classroom Climate

Church and State

Church and State

Motivation

Motivation

Laboratory School, University of Chicago

Laboratory School, University of Chicago

Problem-Based Learning

Problem-Based Learning

Foucault, Michel

Foucault, Michel

Actor Network Theory: Bruno Latour

Actor Network Theory: Bruno Latour

Kuhn, Thomas S.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

Linguistic Diversity

Linguistic Diversity

Schleiermacher, Friedrich

Schleiermacher, Friedrich

Analytical Psychology: Carl Jung

Analytical Psychology: Carl Jung

Modernization Theory

Modernization Theory

Sophists

Sophists

Racism and Antiracist Education

Racism and Antiracist Education

Coleman Report

Coleman Report

Associationism

Associationism

The Practical: Joseph Schwab

The Practical: Joseph Schwab

Language Acquisition, Theories of

Language Acquisition, Theories of

Social Reconstruction

Social Reconstruction

Knowledge, Analysis of

Knowledge, Analysis of

Ethnicity and Race

Ethnicity and Race

Feminist Epistemology

Feminist Epistemology

Multicultural Citizenship

Multicultural Citizenship

Insight Learning

Insight Learning

Little Commonwealth: Homer Lane

Little Commonwealth: Homer Lane

Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism

Social Cognitive Theory

Social Cognitive Theory

Managerialism

Managerialism

Language Codes: Basil Bernstein

Language Codes: Basil Bernstein

Plato

Plato

Isocrates

Isocrates

Abilities, Measurement of

Abilities, Measurement of

Spencer, Herbert

Spencer, Herbert

Service Learning

Service Learning

Privatization

Privatization

Topophilia (Love of Place)

Topophilia (Love of Place)

Activity Theory

Activity Theory

Social Class

Social Class

Herbart, Johann F.

Herbart, Johann F.

Childhood: Concept of

Childhood: Concept of

Diversity

Diversity

Reproduction Theories

Reproduction Theories

Reflective Practice: Donald Schon

Reflective Practice: Donald Schon

Taoism

Taoism

Quintilian

Quintilian

Charter Schools

Charter Schools

Education Production Functions

Education Production Functions

Cognitive Load Theory and Learning

Cognitive Load Theory and Learning

Human Capital Theory and Education

Human Capital Theory and Education

Communitarianism

Communitarianism

Gandhi, Mahatma

Gandhi, Mahatma

Bell Curve

Bell Curve

Makiguchi, Tsunesaburo

Makiguchi, Tsunesaburo

Assimilation

Assimilation

Gender and Education

Gender and Education

Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

Educational Science

Educational Science

Individual Psychology: Alfred Adler

Individual Psychology: Alfred Adler

Achievement Gap

Achievement Gap

Faculty Psychology and Mental Discipline

Faculty Psychology and Mental Discipline

Semiotics

Semiotics

Erasmus

Erasmus

Positive Psychology and Education

Positive Psychology and Education

Adler, Mortimer and the Paideia Program

Adler, Mortimer and the Paideia Program

Identity and Identity Politics

Identity and Identity Politics

At-Risk Children

At-Risk Children

Aesthetic Education

Aesthetic Education

Deliberative Democracy

Deliberative Democracy

Psychoanalytic-Oriented Theories of Child Development

Psychoanalytic-Oriented Theories of Child Development

Cicero

Cicero

Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism

Economic Development and Education

Economic Development and Education

Democratic Theory of Education

Democratic Theory of Education

Continental/Analytical Divide in Philosophy of Education

Continental/Analytical Divide in Philosophy of Education

Social Constructionism

Social Constructionism

Alienation

Alienation

Qualitative v Quantitative Methods and Beyond

Qualitative v Quantitative Methods and Beyond

House of Intellect

House of Intellect

Peters, R.S.

Peters, R.S.

Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analyses

Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analyses

Essentialism, Perennialism, and the "Isms" Approach

Essentialism, Perennialism, and the "Isms" Approach

Philosophical Issues in Educational Research: An Overview

Philosophical Issues in Educational Research: An Overview

Moral Education

Moral Education

Indoctrination

Indoctrination

Feminist Standpoint Theory

Feminist Standpoint Theory

Discovery Learning: Pros and Cons

Discovery Learning: Pros and Cons

Causation

Causation

Embodiment

Embodiment

Experiential Learning

Experiential Learning

Ideology

Ideology

Theory of Mind

Theory of Mind

Mencius

Mencius

Paideia

Paideia

Quality of Education

Quality of Education

Rhetorical Canons

Rhetorical Canons

Values Education

Values Education

Froebel, Friedrich

Froebel, Friedrich

Comenius, Jan Amos

Comenius, Jan Amos

Creativity

Creativity

Metacognition

Metacognition

Rationality and its Cultivation

Rationality and its Cultivation

Dubois, W. E. B.

Dubois, W. E. B.

Rogers, Carl: Freedom to Learn

Rogers, Carl: Freedom to Learn

Play

Play

Wollstonecraft, Mary

Wollstonecraft, Mary

Martin, Jane Roland

Martin, Jane Roland

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research: Campbell and Stanley

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research: Campbell and Stanley

Description

Education is a field sometimes beset by theories-of-the-day and with easy panaceas that overpromise the degree to which they can alleviate pressing educational problems. The two-volume Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy introduces readers to theories that have stood the test of time and those that have provided the historical foundation for the best of contemporary educational theory and practice. Drawing together a team of international scholars, this invaluable reference examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them and presents them in the context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses. In addition to interpretations of long-established theories, this work offers essays on cutting-edge research and concise, to-the-point definitions of key concepts, ideas, schools, and figures.

Features:

  • Over 300 signed entries by trusted experts in the field are organized into two volumes and overseen by a distinguished general editor and an international editorial board.
  • Entries are followed by cross references and further reading suggestions.
  • A Reader’s Guide groups entries thematically
  • The Reader’s Guide, detailed index, and cross references combine for strong search-and-browse capabilities in the electronic version.

Available in a choice of print or electronic formats, Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy is an ideal reference for anyone interested in the roots of contemporary educational theory. 

Key Themes:

  • Aims of Education
  • Classic Premodern Philosophers, Theories, and Theorists
  • Curriculum
  • Educational Research, Evaluation, and Testing
  • Equity, Rights, Social Stratification, and Citizenship
  • Higher Education
  • Learners, Learning, and Teaching
  • Liberal Education
  • Moral, Religious, Spiritual, and Social/Cultural Values
  • Multiculturalism and Special Populations
  • Organization of Schooling
  • Philosophy of Science, Sociology of Science, and Epistemology
  • Philosophy of Education: Feminist Perspectives
  • Philosophy of Education: Nonwestern Traditions
  • Philosophy of Education: The Analytic Tradition
  • Philosophy of Education: The Continental Traditions
  • Philosophy of Education: The Political Theory Tradition
  • Philosophy of Education: The Pragmatic Tradition
  • Progressive Education
  • Psychological Orientation in Educational Theory
  • Social Sciences Orientation in Educational Theory

Contents

Aims: Concept of

Aims: Concept of

Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

Connoisseurship and Educational Criticism

Connoisseurship and Educational Criticism

Cultural Literacy and Core Knowledge

Cultural Literacy and Core Knowledge

Achievement Motivation

Achievement Motivation

Homeschooling

Homeschooling

Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action

Epistemology, Multicultural

Epistemology, Multicultural

Accountability and Standards-Based Reform

Accountability and Standards-Based Reform

Cognitive Revolution and Information Processing Perspectives

Cognitive Revolution and Information Processing Perspectives

Deconstruction

Deconstruction

Religious Symbols and Clothing

Religious Symbols and Clothing

Toleration and Respect

Toleration and Respect

Young, Iris Marion

Young, Iris Marion

Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Teaching, Concept and Models of

Teaching, Concept and Models of

Equality of Opportunity

Equality of Opportunity

Single- and Double-Loop Learning

Single- and Double-Loop Learning

Theory of Action

Theory of Action

Probability and Significance Testing

Probability and Significance Testing

Positivism

Positivism

Radical Constructivism: Ernst Von Glasersfeld

Radical Constructivism: Ernst Von Glasersfeld

Ethics in Teaching

Ethics in Teaching

Patriotism

Patriotism

Curriculum, Construction and Evaluation of

Curriculum, Construction and Evaluation of

Education, Transcendental Justification of

Education, Transcendental Justification of

Hidden Curriculum

Hidden Curriculum

Dewey, John

Dewey, John

Productive Labor and Occupations: From Dewey to Makarenko

Productive Labor and Occupations: From Dewey to Makarenko

Technology and Society, Critiques of

Technology and Society, Critiques of

Cavell, Stanley

Cavell, Stanley

Educational Theory, Nature of

Educational Theory, Nature of

Newman, John Henry (Cardinal)

Newman, John Henry (Cardinal)

Learning, Theories of

Learning, Theories of

Postmodernism

Postmodernism

Immigrants, Education of

Immigrants, Education of

Conceptual Change

Conceptual Change

Progressive Education and Its Critics

Progressive Education and Its Critics

Scheffler, Israel

Scheffler, Israel

Aristotle

Aristotle

Bildung

Bildung

Higher Education: Contemporary Controversies

Higher Education: Contemporary Controversies

Waldorf Education: Rudolf Steiner

Waldorf Education: Rudolf Steiner

Social Systems Theory: Talcott Parsons and Niklas Luhmann

Social Systems Theory: Talcott Parsons and Niklas Luhmann

Jewish Educational Philosophy

Jewish Educational Philosophy

Neurosciences and Learning

Neurosciences and Learning

Behaviorism

Behaviorism

Lakatos, Imre

Lakatos, Imre

Popper, Karl

Popper, Karl

Postpositivism

Postpositivism

Spectator Theory of Knowledge

Spectator Theory of Knowledge

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking

Russell, Bertrand

Russell, Bertrand

Right to an Education

Right to an Education

Adolescent Development

Adolescent Development

Technology and Education

Technology and Education

Marx, Karl

Marx, Karl

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Epistemologies, Teacher and Student

Epistemologies, Teacher and Student

Colonialism and Postcolonial Theory

Colonialism and Postcolonial Theory

Critical Theory

Critical Theory

Greene, Maxine

Greene, Maxine

Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Critical Pedagogy

Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Critical Pedagogy

Globalization and World Society

Globalization and World Society

Narrative Research

Narrative Research

Evolution and Educational Psychology

Evolution and Educational Psychology

Mead, George H.

Mead, George H.

Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics

Peace Education

Peace Education

MacIntyre, Alasdair

MacIntyre, Alasdair

Phronesis (Practical Reason)

Phronesis (Practical Reason)

Mill, John Stuart

Mill, John Stuart

Muslim Philosophical Traditions and Education

Muslim Philosophical Traditions and Education

Phenomenological Pedagogy

Phenomenological Pedagogy

High-Stakes Testing

High-Stakes Testing

Vocational Education

Vocational Education

Feminist Ethics

Feminist Ethics

Educational Research, Critiques of

Educational Research, Critiques of

Confucius

Confucius

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Dropouts

Dropouts

Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan

Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan

Design Experiments

Design Experiments

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Neill, A. S., and Summerhill

Neill, A. S., and Summerhill

Vygotsky, Lev

Vygotsky, Lev

Kant, Immanuel

Kant, Immanuel

Locke, John

Locke, John

Buber, Martin

Buber, Martin

Religious Education and Spirituality

Religious Education and Spirituality

Pestalozzi, Johann H.

Pestalozzi, Johann H.

Distributed Cognition

Distributed Cognition

Rawls, John

Rawls, John

Discourse Analysis

Discourse Analysis

Children's Rights

Children's Rights

International Student Assessment (PISA)

International Student Assessment (PISA)

Schooling in the United States: Historical Analyses

Schooling in the United States: Historical Analyses

Capability Approach: Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen

Capability Approach: Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen

Legal Decisions in Education

Legal Decisions in Education

Anthropology of Education: Main Traditions and Issues

Anthropology of Education: Main Traditions and Issues

Education, Concept of

Education, Concept of

Capital: Cultural, Social and Symbolic

Capital: Cultural, Social and Symbolic

Montessori Education

Montessori Education

Aquinas and Thomism

Aquinas and Thomism

Autonomy

Autonomy

Pure and Applied Research and Pasteur's Quadrant

Pure and Applied Research and Pasteur's Quadrant

Noddings, Nel

Noddings, Nel

Ethics in Research

Ethics in Research

Evaluation of Educational and Social Programs: Models

Evaluation of Educational and Social Programs: Models

Phenomenology

Phenomenology

Bacon, Francis

Bacon, Francis

Apple, Michael

Apple, Michael

Transfer of Learning

Transfer of Learning

Edinburgh School of Sociology of Knowledge

Edinburgh School of Sociology of Knowledge

Lyotard, Jean-Francois

Lyotard, Jean-Francois

Indian Religious and Philosophical Traditions and Education

Indian Religious and Philosophical Traditions and Education

Cosmopolitanism

Cosmopolitanism

James, William

James, William

Husserl and Heidegger

Husserl and Heidegger

Knowledge, Structure of: From Aristotle to Bruner and Hirst

Knowledge, Structure of: From Aristotle to Bruner and Hirst

Communities of Learners

Communities of Learners

School Choice

School Choice

Critical Race Theory

Critical Race Theory

Rights: Children, Parents, and Community

Rights: Children, Parents, and Community

Arnold, Matthew

Arnold, Matthew

Multiple Intelligences: Howard Gardner

Multiple Intelligences: Howard Gardner

Utopias

Utopias

Youth Culture: Theories of

Youth Culture: Theories of

Bruner, Jerome

Bruner, Jerome

Arendt, Hannah

Arendt, Hannah

Competence

Competence

Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Lee Shulman

Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Lee Shulman

Liberal Education: Overview

Liberal Education: Overview

Chomsky, Noam

Chomsky, Noam

Disciplinarity

Disciplinarity

Deschooling Society: Ivan Illich

Deschooling Society: Ivan Illich

Citizenship and Civic Education

Citizenship and Civic Education

Castoriadis, Cornelius

Castoriadis, Cornelius

Aptitude-Treatment Interactions and Differential Instruction

Aptitude-Treatment Interactions and Differential Instruction

Oakeshott, Michael

Oakeshott, Michael

Intelligence: History and Controversies

Intelligence: History and Controversies

Self-Regulated Learning

Self-Regulated Learning

Century of the Child: Ellen Key

Century of the Child: Ellen Key

Freud, Sigmund

Freud, Sigmund

Addams, Jane

Addams, Jane

Bilingual Education

Bilingual Education

Value-Free Ideal for Research: Controversies

Value-Free Ideal for Research: Controversies

Behavioral Objectives and Operational Definitions

Behavioral Objectives and Operational Definitions

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Common or Core Curriculum

Common or Core Curriculum

Values Clarification

Values Clarification

de Beauvoir, Simone

de Beauvoir, Simone

Creative and Lateral Thinking: Edward de Bono

Creative and Lateral Thinking: Edward de Bono

Virtue Ethics

Virtue Ethics

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism

Piaget, Jean

Piaget, Jean

Teaching Machines: From Thorndike, Pressey, and Skinner to CAI

Teaching Machines: From Thorndike, Pressey, and Skinner to CAI

Character Development

Character Development

Whitehead, Alfred N.

Whitehead, Alfred N.

Dialogue

Dialogue

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Case Studies

Case Studies

Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Recapitulation, Theory of

Recapitulation, Theory of

Stereotype Effects and Attributions 

Stereotype Effects and Attributions 

Habits

Habits

Advance Organizers

Advance Organizers

Literacy and the New Literacy Studies

Literacy and the New Literacy Studies

Happiness

Happiness

Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism

Open Schools

Open Schools

Socialization

Socialization

Liberalism

Liberalism

Socrates and Socratic Dialogue

Socrates and Socratic Dialogue

Augustine

Augustine

Sartre, Jean-Paul

Sartre, Jean-Paul

Maritain, Jacques

Maritain, Jacques

Validity, Types of

Validity, Types of

Dalton Plan

Dalton Plan

Lifelong Education

Lifelong Education

Complexity Theory

Complexity Theory

Loose Coupling

Loose Coupling

Multiversity

Multiversity

Goodman, Paul

Goodman, Paul

Murdoch, Iris

Murdoch, Iris

Montaigne, Michel de

Montaigne, Michel de

Project Method

Project Method

School and Classroom Climate

School and Classroom Climate

Church and State

Church and State

Motivation

Motivation

Laboratory School, University of Chicago

Laboratory School, University of Chicago

Problem-Based Learning

Problem-Based Learning

Foucault, Michel

Foucault, Michel

Actor Network Theory: Bruno Latour

Actor Network Theory: Bruno Latour

Kuhn, Thomas S.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

Linguistic Diversity

Linguistic Diversity

Schleiermacher, Friedrich

Schleiermacher, Friedrich

Analytical Psychology: Carl Jung

Analytical Psychology: Carl Jung

Modernization Theory

Modernization Theory

Sophists

Sophists

Racism and Antiracist Education

Racism and Antiracist Education

Coleman Report

Coleman Report

Associationism

Associationism

The Practical: Joseph Schwab

The Practical: Joseph Schwab

Language Acquisition, Theories of

Language Acquisition, Theories of

Social Reconstruction

Social Reconstruction

Knowledge, Analysis of

Knowledge, Analysis of

Ethnicity and Race

Ethnicity and Race

Feminist Epistemology

Feminist Epistemology

Multicultural Citizenship

Multicultural Citizenship

Insight Learning

Insight Learning

Little Commonwealth: Homer Lane

Little Commonwealth: Homer Lane

Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism

Social Cognitive Theory

Social Cognitive Theory

Managerialism

Managerialism

Language Codes: Basil Bernstein

Language Codes: Basil Bernstein

Plato

Plato

Isocrates

Isocrates

Abilities, Measurement of

Abilities, Measurement of

Spencer, Herbert

Spencer, Herbert

Service Learning

Service Learning

Privatization

Privatization

Topophilia (Love of Place)

Topophilia (Love of Place)

Activity Theory

Activity Theory

Social Class

Social Class

Herbart, Johann F.

Herbart, Johann F.

Childhood: Concept of

Childhood: Concept of

Diversity

Diversity

Reproduction Theories

Reproduction Theories

Reflective Practice: Donald Schon

Reflective Practice: Donald Schon

Taoism

Taoism

Quintilian

Quintilian

Charter Schools

Charter Schools

Education Production Functions

Education Production Functions

Cognitive Load Theory and Learning

Cognitive Load Theory and Learning

Human Capital Theory and Education

Human Capital Theory and Education

Communitarianism

Communitarianism

Gandhi, Mahatma

Gandhi, Mahatma

Bell Curve

Bell Curve

Makiguchi, Tsunesaburo

Makiguchi, Tsunesaburo

Assimilation

Assimilation

Gender and Education

Gender and Education

Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

Educational Science

Educational Science

Individual Psychology: Alfred Adler

Individual Psychology: Alfred Adler

Achievement Gap

Achievement Gap

Faculty Psychology and Mental Discipline

Faculty Psychology and Mental Discipline

Semiotics

Semiotics

Erasmus

Erasmus

Positive Psychology and Education

Positive Psychology and Education

Adler, Mortimer and the Paideia Program

Adler, Mortimer and the Paideia Program

Identity and Identity Politics

Identity and Identity Politics

At-Risk Children

At-Risk Children

Aesthetic Education

Aesthetic Education

Deliberative Democracy

Deliberative Democracy

Psychoanalytic-Oriented Theories of Child Development

Psychoanalytic-Oriented Theories of Child Development

Cicero

Cicero

Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism

Economic Development and Education

Economic Development and Education

Democratic Theory of Education

Democratic Theory of Education

Continental/Analytical Divide in Philosophy of Education

Continental/Analytical Divide in Philosophy of Education

Social Constructionism

Social Constructionism

Alienation

Alienation

Qualitative v Quantitative Methods and Beyond

Qualitative v Quantitative Methods and Beyond

House of Intellect

House of Intellect

Peters, R.S.

Peters, R.S.

Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analyses

Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analyses

Essentialism, Perennialism, and the "Isms" Approach

Essentialism, Perennialism, and the "Isms" Approach

Philosophical Issues in Educational Research: An Overview

Philosophical Issues in Educational Research: An Overview

Moral Education

Moral Education

Indoctrination

Indoctrination

Feminist Standpoint Theory

Feminist Standpoint Theory

Discovery Learning: Pros and Cons

Discovery Learning: Pros and Cons

Causation

Causation

Embodiment

Embodiment

Experiential Learning

Experiential Learning

Ideology

Ideology

Theory of Mind

Theory of Mind

Mencius

Mencius

Paideia

Paideia

Quality of Education

Quality of Education

Rhetorical Canons

Rhetorical Canons

Values Education

Values Education

Froebel, Friedrich

Froebel, Friedrich

Comenius, Jan Amos

Comenius, Jan Amos

Creativity

Creativity

Metacognition

Metacognition

Rationality and its Cultivation

Rationality and its Cultivation

Dubois, W. E. B.

Dubois, W. E. B.

Rogers, Carl: Freedom to Learn

Rogers, Carl: Freedom to Learn

Play

Play

Wollstonecraft, Mary

Wollstonecraft, Mary

Martin, Jane Roland

Martin, Jane Roland

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research: Campbell and Stanley

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research: Campbell and Stanley

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Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy


May 2014 | 952 pages | Sage US

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Education is a field sometimes beset by theories-of-the-day and with easy panaceas that overpromise the degree to which they can alleviate pressing educational problems. The two-volume Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy introduces readers to theories that have stood the test of time and those that have provided the historical foundation for the best of contemporary educational theory and practice. Drawing together a team of international scholars, this invaluable reference examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them and presents them in the context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses. In addition to interpretations of long-established theories, this work offers essays on cutting-edge research and concise, to-the-point definitions of key concepts, ideas, schools, and figures.

Features:

  • Over 300 signed entries by trusted experts in the field are organized into two volumes and overseen by a distinguished general editor and an international editorial board.
  • Entries are followed by cross references and further reading suggestions.
  • A Reader’s Guide groups entries thematically
  • The Reader’s Guide, detailed index, and cross references combine for strong search-and-browse capabilities in the electronic version.

Available in a choice of print or electronic formats, Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy is an ideal reference for anyone interested in the roots of contemporary educational theory. 

Key Themes:

  • Aims of Education
  • Classic Premodern Philosophers, Theories, and Theorists
  • Curriculum
  • Educational Research, Evaluation, and Testing
  • Equity, Rights, Social Stratification, and Citizenship
  • Higher Education
  • Learners, Learning, and Teaching
  • Liberal Education
  • Moral, Religious, Spiritual, and Social/Cultural Values
  • Multiculturalism and Special Populations
  • Organization of Schooling
  • Philosophy of Science, Sociology of Science, and Epistemology
  • Philosophy of Education: Feminist Perspectives
  • Philosophy of Education: Nonwestern Traditions
  • Philosophy of Education: The Analytic Tradition
  • Philosophy of Education: The Continental Traditions
  • Philosophy of Education: The Political Theory Tradition
  • Philosophy of Education: The Pragmatic Tradition
  • Progressive Education
  • Psychological Orientation in Educational Theory
  • Social Sciences Orientation in Educational Theory

Table Of Contents:

  • Aims: Concept of
  • Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education
  • Connoisseurship and Educational Criticism
  • Cultural Literacy and Core Knowledge
  • Achievement Motivation
  • Homeschooling
  • Affirmative Action
  • Epistemology, Multicultural
  • Accountability and Standards-Based Reform
  • Cognitive Revolution and Information Processing Perspectives
  • Deconstruction
  • Religious Symbols and Clothing
  • Toleration and Respect
  • Young, Iris Marion
  • Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
  • Teaching, Concept and Models of
  • Equality of Opportunity
  • Single- and Double-Loop Learning
  • Theory of Action
  • Probability and Significance Testing
  • Positivism
  • Radical Constructivism: Ernst Von Glasersfeld
  • Ethics in Teaching
  • Patriotism
  • Curriculum, Construction and Evaluation of
  • Education, Transcendental Justification of
  • Hidden Curriculum
  • Dewey, John
  • Productive Labor and Occupations: From Dewey to Makarenko
  • Technology and Society, Critiques of
  • Cavell, Stanley
  • Educational Theory, Nature of
  • Newman, John Henry (Cardinal)
  • Learning, Theories of
  • Postmodernism
  • Immigrants, Education of
  • Conceptual Change
  • Progressive Education and Its Critics
  • Scheffler, Israel
  • Aristotle
  • Bildung
  • Higher Education: Contemporary Controversies
  • Waldorf Education: Rudolf Steiner
  • Social Systems Theory: Talcott Parsons and Niklas Luhmann
  • Jewish Educational Philosophy
  • Neurosciences and Learning
  • Behaviorism
  • Lakatos, Imre
  • Popper, Karl
  • Postpositivism
  • Spectator Theory of Knowledge
  • Critical Thinking
  • Russell, Bertrand
  • Right to an Education
  • Adolescent Development
  • Technology and Education
  • Marx, Karl
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich
  • Epistemologies, Teacher and Student
  • Colonialism and Postcolonial Theory
  • Critical Theory
  • Greene, Maxine
  • Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Critical Pedagogy
  • Globalization and World Society
  • Narrative Research
  • Evolution and Educational Psychology
  • Mead, George H.
  • Hermeneutics
  • Peace Education
  • MacIntyre, Alasdair
  • Phronesis (Practical Reason)
  • Mill, John Stuart
  • Muslim Philosophical Traditions and Education
  • Phenomenological Pedagogy
  • High-Stakes Testing
  • Vocational Education
  • Feminist Ethics
  • Educational Research, Critiques of
  • Confucius
  • Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
  • Emerson, Ralph Waldo
  • Dropouts
  • Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan
  • Design Experiments
  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
  • Neill, A. S., and Summerhill
  • Vygotsky, Lev
  • Kant, Immanuel
  • Locke, John
  • Buber, Martin
  • Religious Education and Spirituality
  • Pestalozzi, Johann H.
  • Distributed Cognition
  • Rawls, John
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Children's Rights
  • International Student Assessment (PISA)
  • Schooling in the United States: Historical Analyses
  • Capability Approach: Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen
  • Legal Decisions in Education
  • Anthropology of Education: Main Traditions and Issues
  • Education, Concept of
  • Capital: Cultural, Social and Symbolic
  • Montessori Education
  • Aquinas and Thomism
  • Autonomy
  • Pure and Applied Research and Pasteur's Quadrant
  • Noddings, Nel
  • Ethics in Research
  • Evaluation of Educational and Social Programs: Models
  • Phenomenology
  • Bacon, Francis
  • Apple, Michael
  • Transfer of Learning
  • Edinburgh School of Sociology of Knowledge
  • Lyotard, Jean-Francois
  • Indian Religious and Philosophical Traditions and Education
  • Cosmopolitanism
  • James, William
  • Husserl and Heidegger
  • Knowledge, Structure of: From Aristotle to Bruner and Hirst
  • Communities of Learners
  • School Choice
  • Critical Race Theory
  • Rights: Children, Parents, and Community
  • Arnold, Matthew
  • Multiple Intelligences: Howard Gardner
  • Utopias
  • Youth Culture: Theories of
  • Bruner, Jerome
  • Arendt, Hannah
  • Competence
  • Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Lee Shulman
  • Liberal Education: Overview
  • Chomsky, Noam
  • Disciplinarity
  • Deschooling Society: Ivan Illich
  • Citizenship and Civic Education
  • Castoriadis, Cornelius
  • Aptitude-Treatment Interactions and Differential Instruction
  • Oakeshott, Michael
  • Intelligence: History and Controversies
  • Self-Regulated Learning
  • Century of the Child: Ellen Key
  • Freud, Sigmund
  • Addams, Jane
  • Bilingual Education
  • Value-Free Ideal for Research: Controversies
  • Behavioral Objectives and Operational Definitions
  • Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
  • Common or Core Curriculum
  • Values Clarification
  • de Beauvoir, Simone
  • Creative and Lateral Thinking: Edward de Bono
  • Virtue Ethics
  • Utilitarianism
  • Piaget, Jean
  • Teaching Machines: From Thorndike, Pressey, and Skinner to CAI
  • Character Development
  • Whitehead, Alfred N.
  • Dialogue
  • Wittgenstein, Ludwig
  • Case Studies
  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems
  • Recapitulation, Theory of
  • Stereotype Effects and Attributions 
  • Habits
  • Advance Organizers
  • Literacy and the New Literacy Studies
  • Happiness
  • Social Darwinism
  • Open Schools
  • Socialization
  • Liberalism
  • Socrates and Socratic Dialogue
  • Augustine
  • Sartre, Jean-Paul
  • Maritain, Jacques
  • Validity, Types of
  • Dalton Plan
  • Lifelong Education
  • Complexity Theory
  • Loose Coupling
  • Multiversity
  • Goodman, Paul
  • Murdoch, Iris
  • Montaigne, Michel de
  • Project Method
  • School and Classroom Climate
  • Church and State
  • Motivation
  • Laboratory School, University of Chicago
  • Problem-Based Learning
  • Foucault, Michel
  • Actor Network Theory: Bruno Latour
  • Kuhn, Thomas S.
  • Linguistic Diversity
  • Schleiermacher, Friedrich
  • Analytical Psychology: Carl Jung
  • Modernization Theory
  • Sophists
  • Racism and Antiracist Education
  • Coleman Report
  • Associationism
  • The Practical: Joseph Schwab
  • Language Acquisition, Theories of
  • Social Reconstruction
  • Knowledge, Analysis of
  • Ethnicity and Race
  • Feminist Epistemology
  • Multicultural Citizenship
  • Insight Learning
  • Little Commonwealth: Homer Lane
  • Multiculturalism
  • Social Cognitive Theory
  • Managerialism
  • Language Codes: Basil Bernstein
  • Plato
  • Isocrates
  • Abilities, Measurement of
  • Spencer, Herbert
  • Service Learning
  • Privatization
  • Topophilia (Love of Place)
  • Activity Theory
  • Social Class
  • Herbart, Johann F.
  • Childhood: Concept of
  • Diversity
  • Reproduction Theories
  • Reflective Practice: Donald Schon
  • Taoism
  • Quintilian
  • Charter Schools
  • Education Production Functions
  • Cognitive Load Theory and Learning
  • Human Capital Theory and Education
  • Communitarianism
  • Gandhi, Mahatma
  • Bell Curve
  • Makiguchi, Tsunesaburo
  • Assimilation
  • Gender and Education
  • Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
  • Educational Science
  • Individual Psychology: Alfred Adler
  • Achievement Gap
  • Faculty Psychology and Mental Discipline
  • Semiotics
  • Erasmus
  • Positive Psychology and Education
  • Adler, Mortimer and the Paideia Program
  • Identity and Identity Politics
  • At-Risk Children
  • Aesthetic Education
  • Deliberative Democracy
  • Psychoanalytic-Oriented Theories of Child Development
  • Cicero
  • Neoliberalism
  • Economic Development and Education
  • Democratic Theory of Education
  • Continental/Analytical Divide in Philosophy of Education
  • Social Constructionism
  • Alienation
  • Qualitative v Quantitative Methods and Beyond
  • House of Intellect
  • Peters, R.S.
  • Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analyses
  • Essentialism, Perennialism, and the "Isms" Approach
  • Philosophical Issues in Educational Research: An Overview
  • Moral Education
  • Indoctrination
  • Feminist Standpoint Theory
  • Discovery Learning: Pros and Cons
  • Causation
  • Embodiment
  • Experiential Learning
  • Ideology
  • Theory of Mind
  • Mencius
  • Paideia
  • Quality of Education
  • Rhetorical Canons
  • Values Education
  • Froebel, Friedrich
  • Comenius, Jan Amos
  • Creativity
  • Metacognition
  • Rationality and its Cultivation
  • Dubois, W. E. B.
  • Rogers, Carl: Freedom to Learn
  • Play
  • Wollstonecraft, Mary
  • Martin, Jane Roland
  • Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research: Campbell and Stanley

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