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This book features chapters on timely, emerging, and global issues,
such as campus speech, racial and linguistic justice in education,
climate education, neoliberalism in education, the future of higher
education, international educational testing, educational problems
of mass migration, and educational justice for working children
across the world It addresses fundamental questions of educational
theory and policy, such as the nature of educational justice, the
roles of evidence and values in educational decision-making, the
basis for prioritizing some educational aims over others, and
widely-discussed educational aims such as human flourishing and
global citizenship. The volume reflects important developments on
both the epistemic (knowledge-focused) and value-focused (ethical,
justice-related, and moral-developmental) wings of philosophy of
education, and the ways these come together in important problems
of civic life - especially, the polarization of public life and
breakdown of public (i.e., shared) knowledge, and questions about
how schools can do their jobs in a world in which controversy rages
over things that are often matters of strong scientific consensus.
In this regard, a particularly valuable aspect of the volume is its
attention to the educational and civic importance of both virtues
of mind (intellectual or epistemic virtues) and the ways in which
epistemic virtues and vices interact with disciplinary knowledge,
networks of epistemic trust and reliance, and the ways we teach.
Relevant chapters here include ones on Mind, Reason, and Knowledge;
Understanding as an Aim of Education; Cultivating Intellectual
Virtues; Intellectual Character Education; Free Speech and
Education; Democratic Education and the Controversy over
Controversial Issues; College Teaching, Indoctrination, and Trust;
and Climate, Science, and Sustainability Education. The volume
reflects the increasing importance of multidisciplinary approaches
in philosophy of education, and the relevance of many subfields of
philosophy to philosophical work on education. Multidisciplinary
approaches and developments in related subfields of philosophy
allow contemporary philosophy of education to address new and
important questions in compelling ways. This is evident throughout
the volume. The chapters are authored by some of most distinguished
philosophers writing on education today, and many of them also
bring to their topics deep experience in educational and policy
leadership. These authors include: Danielle Allen (a policy thought
leader and currently candidate for Governor of Massachusetts),
Harry Brighouse (who has done extensive education policy work),
Nancy Cartwright (the world's leading philosopher of science and an
international thought leader on the uses of social science in
public policy), Ann Cudd (Provost at the U of Pittsburgh), Daniel
Weinstock (one of Canada's leading public philosophers and
contributors to policy debates), Sigal Ben-Porath (who has been
consulted extensively by universities across the US when
controversies have erupted over free speech), and Yuli Tamir (a
former Minister of Education of Israel and university president).
This book features chapters on timely, emerging, and global issues,
such as campus speech, racial and linguistic justice in education,
climate education, neoliberalism in education, the future of higher
education, international educational testing, educational problems
of mass migration, and educational justice for working children
across the world It addresses fundamental questions of educational
theory and policy, such as the nature of educational justice, the
roles of evidence and values in educational decision-making, the
basis for prioritizing some educational aims over others, and
widely-discussed educational aims such as human flourishing and
global citizenship. The volume reflects important developments on
both the epistemic (knowledge-focused) and value-focused (ethical,
justice-related, and moral-developmental) wings of philosophy of
education, and the ways these come together in important problems
of civic life - especially, the polarization of public life and
breakdown of public (i.e., shared) knowledge, and questions about
how schools can do their jobs in a world in which controversy rages
over things that are often matters of strong scientific consensus.
In this regard, a particularly valuable aspect of the volume is its
attention to the educational and civic importance of both virtues
of mind (intellectual or epistemic virtues) and the ways in which
epistemic virtues and vices interact with disciplinary knowledge,
networks of epistemic trust and reliance, and the ways we teach.
Relevant chapters here include ones on Mind, Reason, and Knowledge;
Understanding as an Aim of Education; Cultivating Intellectual
Virtues; Intellectual Character Education; Free Speech and
Education; Democratic Education and the Controversy over
Controversial Issues; College Teaching, Indoctrination, and Trust;
and Climate, Science, and Sustainability Education. The volume
reflects the increasing importance of multidisciplinary approaches
in philosophy of education, and the relevance of many subfields of
philosophy to philosophical work on education. Multidisciplinary
approaches and developments in related subfields of philosophy
allow contemporary philosophy of education to address new and
important questions in compelling ways. This is evident throughout
the volume. The chapters are authored by some of most distinguished
philosophers writing on education today, and many of them also
bring to their topics deep experience in educational and policy
leadership. These authors include: Danielle Allen (a policy thought
leader and currently candidate for Governor of Massachusetts),
Harry Brighouse (who has done extensive education policy work),
Nancy Cartwright (the world's leading philosopher of science and an
international thought leader on the uses of social science in
public policy), Ann Cudd (Provost at the U of Pittsburgh), Daniel
Weinstock (one of Canada's leading public philosophers and
contributors to policy debates), Sigal Ben-Porath (who has been
consulted extensively by universities across the US when
controversies have erupted over free speech), and Yuli Tamir (a
former Minister of Education of Israel and university president).
The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's most varied, theatrically
self-conscious, and emotionally wide-ranging plays. This 2007
edition provides a newly-edited text, a comprehensive introduction
that takes into account current critical thinking, and a detailed
commentary on the play's language designed to make it easily
accessible to contemporary readers. Much of the play's copiousness
inheres in its generic intermingling of tragedy, comedy, romance,
pastoral, and the history play. In addition to dates and sources,
the introduction attends to iterative patterns, the nature and
cause of Leontes' jealousy, the staging and meaning of the bear
episode, and the thematic and structural implications of the figure
of Time. Special attention is paid to the ending and its tempered
happiness. Performance history is integrated throughout the
introduction and commentary. Textual analysis, four appendices -
including the theatrical practice of doubling, and a select
chronology of performance history - and a reading list complete the
edition.
Steven Cahn belongs to that exclusive class of professors who have
not only contributed influentially to the leading debates of their
discipline, but have also written insightfully about the academic
vocation itself. This volume comprises 13 essays, authored by
Cahn's colleagues and former students, presented in his honor on
the occasion of his 25th year as Professor of Philosophy at the
City University of New York. The chapters focus on topics that have
been central to Cahn's philosophical work, such as the teaching of
Philosophy, the responsibilities of Philosophy professors, the
nature of happiness, and the concept of the good life.
The book concludes that Aristotle's views yield a compelling
argument for the claim that public supervision of education is a
necessary condition for a just society. It examines the
implications and limitations of that argument, including
particularly the form and substance of the educational equality
which it demands. Contrasting it with other recent arguments for
educational equality, I conclude that it provides the most decisive
argument for educational equality available, but also that it does
not establish a legitimate basis for a state monopoly on the
provision of schooling, and for ensuring its availability to
everyone. Some privatization schemes, but not others, would be
compatible with this result.
Now in its 11th Edition, CURREN'S MATH FOR MEDS: DOSAGES AND
SOLUTIONS is the preeminent authority on drug dosage calculations,
ratio and proportion, and medication safety. Often imitated yet
never equaled, the book delivers proven material with a concisely
organized approach that takes you from basic to complex using a
building block approach. . Coverage begins with chapters designed
to review and confirm basic math principles. Common drug measures
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FOR MEDS: DOSAGES AND SOLUTIONS features full-color photos of drug
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The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's most varied, theatrically
self-conscious, and emotionally wide-ranging plays. This 2007
edition provides a newly-edited text, a comprehensive introduction
that takes into account current critical thinking, and a detailed
commentary on the play's language designed to make it easily
accessible to contemporary readers. Much of the play's copiousness
inheres in its generic intermingling of tragedy, comedy, romance,
pastoral, and the history play. In addition to dates and sources,
the introduction attends to iterative patterns, the nature and
cause of Leontes' jealousy, the staging and meaning of the bear
episode, and the thematic and structural implications of the figure
of Time. Special attention is paid to the ending and its tempered
happiness. Performance history is integrated throughout the
introduction and commentary. Textual analysis, four appendices -
including the theatrical practice of doubling, and a select
chronology of performance history - and a reading list complete the
edition.
"Philosophy of Education: An Anthology" brings together the
essential historical and contemporary readings in the philosophy of
education.
The readings have been selected for their philosophical merit,
their focus on important aspects of educational practice and their
readability.
Includes classic pieces by Plato, Aristotle, Isocrates, Locke,
Rousseau, Mill, and Dewey.
Addresses topical issues such as teacher professionalism and
accountability, the commercialization of schooling, multicultural
education, and parental choice.
"A Companion to the Philosophy of Education" is a comprehensive
guide to philosophical thinking about education."
Offers a state-of-the-art account of current and controversial
issues in education, including issues pertaining to
multiculturalism, special education, sex education, and academic
freedom.
Written by an international team of leading experts, who are
directly engaged with these profound and complex educational
problems.
Serves as an indispensable guide to the field of philosophy of
education.
"Philosophy of Education: An Anthology" brings together the
essential historical and contemporary readings in the philosophy of
education.
The readings have been selected for their philosophical merit,
their focus on important aspects of educational practice and their
readability.
Includes classic pieces by Plato, Aristotle, Isocrates, Locke,
Rousseau, Mill, and Dewey.
Addresses topical issues such as teacher professionalism and
accountability, the commercialization of schooling, multicultural
education, and parental choice.
"A Companion to the Philosophy of Education" is a comprehensive
guide to philosophical thinking about education."
Offers a state-of-the-art account of current and controversial
issues in education, including issues pertaining to
multiculturalism, special education, sex education, and academic
freedom.
Written by an international team of leading experts, who are
directly engaged with these profound and complex educational
problems.
Serves as an indispensable guide to the field of philosophy of
education.
Should schools attempt to cultivate patriotism? If so, why? And
what conception of patriotism should drive those efforts? Is
patriotism essential to preserving national unity, sustaining
vigorous commitment to just institutions, or motivating national
service? Are the hazards of patriotism so great as to overshadow
its potential benefits? Is there a genuinely virtuous form of
patriotism that societies and schools should strive to cultivate?
In Patriotic Education in a Global Age, philosopher Randall Curren
and historian Charles Dorn address these questions as they seek to
understand what role patriotism might legitimately play in schools
as an aspect of civic education. They trace the aims and rationales
that have guided the inculcation of patriotism in American schools
over the years, the methods by which schools have sought to
cultivate patriotism, and the conceptions of patriotism at work in
those aims, rationales, and methods. They then examine what those
conceptions mean for justice, education, and human flourishing.
Though the history of attempts to cultivate patriotism in schools
offers both positive and cautionary lessons, Curren and Dorn
ultimately argue that a civic education organized around three
components of civic virtue--intelligence, friendship, and
competence--and an inclusive and enabling school community can
contribute to the development of a virtuous form of patriotism that
is compatible with equal citizenship, reasoned dissent, global
justice, and devotion to the health of democratic institutions and
the natural environment. Patriotic Education in a Global Age mounts
a spirited defense of democratic institutions as it situates an
understanding of patriotism in the context of nationalist,
populist, and authoritarian movements in the United States and
Europe, and will be of interest to anyone concerned about
polarization in public life and the future of democracy.
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