Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Educational Philosophy and Philosophers -- Section 1: Introduction and Overview -- Part 1: Philosophy of Education Defined -- Section 2: A Brief History of Western Educational Philosophy -- Section 3: The Eastern Origins of the Philosophy of Education -- Part 1: Confucianism -- Part 2: Junzi as the Core of Person-Making and Citizen-Making in Confucianism -- Part 3: Women and Confucianism -- Part 4: Taoism -- Part 5: Taoism Versus Confucianism
Part 6: Coda on Asian Educational Philosophies -- Section 4: Ethics and Aims of Education -- Part 1: Axiology and Education -- Part 2: Morality Versus Ethics -- Part 3: Why Ethics Is Important for Classroom Teachers -- Section 5: Educational Philosophers of Note -- Part 1: John Dewey -- Part 2: Nel Noddings -- Part 3: bell hooks -- Part 4: The -isms -- Section 6: Teacher-Centered Educational Philosophies: Perennialism and Essentialism -- Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: Perennialism -- Goal of Education -- Curriculum -- Teacher's Role and Classroom Instruction
Part 3: Essentialism: Roots in Realism -- Goal of Education -- Curriculum -- Teacher's Role and Classroom Instruction -- Section 7: Learner-Centered Educational Philosophies: Pragmatism and Existentialism -- Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: Progressivism: Roots in Pragmatism -- Goal of Education -- Curriculum -- Teacher's Role and Classroom Instruction -- Part 3: Constructivism: Roots in Pragmatism -- Goal of Education -- Curriculum -- Teacher's Role and Classroom Instruction -- Part 4: Humanism: Roots in Existentialism -- Goal of Education -- Curriculum -- Teacher's Role and Classroom Instruction
Section 8: Socially-Centered Educational Philosophies: Behaviorism and Reconstructionism -- Part 1: Behaviorism: Roots in Realism and Logical Positivism -- Goal of Education -- Curriculum -- Teacher's Role and Classroom Instruction -- Reconstructionism: Roots in Pragmatism -- Goal of Education -- Curriculum -- Teacher's Role and Classroom Instruction -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 2 Educational Theory and Theorists -- Section 1: Introduction -- Section 2: The Big Three and Their Other Sibling -- Part 1: Positivism: The Launching Pad for Behaviorism and Other Learning Theories
Part 2: Behaviorism: The Foundations of Outcomes-Based Education -- Part 3: Cognitivism: Recognition that Mental Processes Matter -- Part 4: Constructivism: The Student as an Active and Reflective Learner -- Section 3: Educational Equity: The Classroom as an Equalizer -- Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa [1942-2004] -- Part 3: W.E.B. DuBois [1868-1963] -- Part 4: Paulo Freire [1921-1997] -- Part 5: bell hooks [1952-2021] -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 Cognition and Learning -- Section 1: Introduction -- Part 1: A Framework -- Section 2: Social Cognitive Theory
