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Author Elvin, Lionel

Title The Place of Commonsense in Educational Thought
Published Florence : Routledge, 2016
©1977

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Description 1 online resource (166 pages)
Series Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Education ; v. 8
Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Education
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Foreword -- Contents -- PART I COMMONSENSE AND THE CURRICULUM -- 1 Curriculum Theory and Curriculum Reform -- 2 A Particular Case: The Classics and the Ancient World -- 3 Liberal Education Reconsidered -- 4 A Controversial Question: Compulsory Religion in the Public School System -- PART II COMMONSENSE AND CONCEPTS -- 5 Facts, Beliefs and Values -- 6 Can We Work Together If Our Beliefs Differ? -- 7 The Concept of Rights in Education -- 8 The Concept of Equality in Education -- 9 Three Ways of Thinking About Education -- 10 The Concept of Research in Education -- Notes and References -- Index
Summary Throughout the course of his career Lionel Elvin has worked closely with experts in many different areas of the educational field and has found that in coming to conclusions about either theory or practical policy, commonsense is indispensable. The author explores the idea of commonsense in education in this study, first published in 1977, and e
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Subject Education -- Philosophy.
Common sense.
Concepts.
Education -- Curricula.
curricula.
EDUCATION -- General.
Common sense
Concepts
Education -- Curricula
Education -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000627985
1000627985
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9781000639384
100063938X
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