Preface to an Educational Philosophy / I. B. Berkson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berkson, I. B., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1940]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Demonstrates how education must participate in bringing about social change as an outgrowth of the philosophies of Dewey and Kilpatrick.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

CONTENTS

Part One: THE NATURE OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Chapter One. THE CALL FOR PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION

Chapter Two. A RETURN TO METAPHYSICS ?

Chapter Three. IS PHILOSOPHY MERELY A HYPOTHESIS ?

Chapter Four. THE IDEAL WITHIN THE REAL AS A BASIS FOR RECONSTRUCTION

Part Two DEMOCRACY AS A SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

Chapter Five. THE ETHICAL ROOT OF DEMOCRACY IN THE RELIGIOUS TRADITION

Chapter Six. STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL DEMOCRACY

Chapter Seven. ESSENTIALS OF POLITICAL DEMOCRACY TODAY

Chapter Eight. FORCE, INTELLIGENCE-AND ASSOCIATION

Chapter Nine THE ECONOMIC FULFILLMENT OF DEMOCRACY

Part Three: ASPECTS OF A RECONSTRUCTED EDUCATIONAL POLICY

Chapter Ten. COMMON WELFARE AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Chapter Eleven. NATIONAL UNITY AND RACE DISCRIMINATION

Chapter Twelve. THE AUTONOMOUS FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL

Chapter Thirteen. OUGHT, CAN, DARE THE SCHOOL BUILD A NEW SOCIAL ORDER?

Chapter Fourteen. CONCLUSION: EDUCATION AND THE EMERGING ERA

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88847-3

OCLC:

1100435784