Philosophical Foundations of Education

By Samuel M. Craver and Howard A. Ozmon

Book Overview

This highly readable text provides readers with a solid foundation regarding the philosophy of education, using helpful primary sources and other features to help students learn each concept. KEY... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130423998
• ISBN13: 9780130423993
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A great textbook!

Only someone studying the topic would be even remotely interested in this book, but it is one of the most logically arranged textbooks you will find. The content is presented in readable prose, and each of the topical chapters concludes with sections applying the ideas to the field of education. The existentialist in me says, "pay your money and make your choice... and then, no whining!"

Excellent basic text for undergraduate ed/phil courses.

I teach an entry-level undergraduate course in educational philosophy. My first year students needed a basic text to structure the course, yet it was important to me that the students read WHAT the philosphers had to say rather than just reading ABOUT them. This volume enables the students to do just that -- it contains primary source material in the form of selected essays by leading philosphers, as well as providing general background on major philosophical schools. Ozmon and Craver also include a section for each major school of philosophy that specifcally addresses the aims of education, role of the teacher, and methods and curriculum.