Pragmatism, Education, and Children : International Philosophical Perspectives

Pragmatism, Education, and Children: International Philosophical Perspectives; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Part One: LESSONS FROM CLASSICAL PRAGMATISTS; PEIRCE'S DESIGN FOR THINKING: A PHILOSOPHICAL GIFT FOR CHILDREN; WILLIAM JAMES'S THEORY OF EDUCATION; SOME HISTORICAL NOTES ON GEORGE HERBERT MEAD'S THEORY OF EDUCATION; Part Two: LEARNING FROM JOHN DEWEY; PRAGMATISM, TRAGEDY, AND HOPE: DEWEYAN GROWTH AND EMERSONIAN PERFECTIONIST EDUCATION; LOGIC, INTELLIGENCE, AND EDUCATION IN DEWEY AND PIAGET; THE SACRED IN THE EVERYDAY: JOHN DEWEY ON RELIGION IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. IN PURSUIT OF INTELLECTUAL HONESTY WITH CHILDREN: CHILDREN'S PHILOSOPHY IN HAMBURG'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ENCOURAGED BY DEWEY'S IDEASPart Three: PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN; PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN'S DEBT TO DEWEY; DEWEY AND LIPMAN; DEWEY, LIPMAN, AND THE TRADITION OF REFLECTIVE EDUCATION; Part Four: RECENT PRAGMATIST THEORIES; RICHARD RORTY AND PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION: QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES; ACTS OF EDUCATION: RORTY, DERRIDA, AND THE ENDS OF LITERATURE; THE RHETORIC TURN; NEOPRAGMATISM, PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION, AND OUR FUTURE; INDEX