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For example, parents who are concerned with their young children's education may read them bedtime stories early on and thereby provide them with a certain advantage over other children who do not enjoy this privilege. But disallowing such practices to level the field would have serious negative side-effects. [51]
Pages in category "Philosophers of education" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Howard Adelman;
Educational essentialism is an educational philosophy whose adherents believe that children should learn the traditional basic subjects thoroughly. In this philosophical school of thought, the aim is to instill students with the "essentials" of academic knowledge, enacting a back-to-basics approach.
Educational perennialism is a normative educational philosophy. Perennialists believe that the priority of education should be to teach principles that have persisted for centuries, not facts. Since people are human, one should teach first about humans, rather than machines or techniques, and about liberal , rather than vocational , topics.
Pages in category "American philosophers of education" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Their work reflects the ongoing influence of classical education principles in shaping contemporary educational practices. [30] The resurgence of classical education is also reflected in the growth of institutions dedicated to this educational philosophy, such as Hillsdale College and various charter schools across the United States. These ...
Constructivism in education is rooted in epistemology, a theory of knowledge concerned with the logical categories of knowledge and its justification. [3] It acknowledges that learners bring prior knowledge and experiences shaped by their social and cultural environment and that learning is a process of students "constructing" knowledge based on their experiences.
Philosophers of education (4 C, 74 P) + Women educational theorists (4 C, 28 P) A. Scholars of American education (6 P)