The History and Philosophy of Education: Voices of Educational Pioneers

by Madonna M. Murphy

Book Overview

This foundations text offers both concepts and key writings from the major educational innovators throughout history, beginning with the ancient civilizations and proceeding to the current 21st... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130955507
• ISBN13: 9780130955500
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

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A valuable resource

I am currently working on my Ed.D and needed a resource for educational history and philosophy. Ms. Murphy's work is very comprehensive, informative, and a most valuable resource. It was the only source I needed!

Breadth over Depth

This is an incredibly expansive history of education, stretching from the middle ages to present. It is set up based on the important people of each time period instead of concepts or movements. There is a helpful review at the end of each chapter with each educator's name and their contribution. I enjoyed this boook as an overview and have researched more deeply those educators in whom I was most interested. Easy read, interesting, skims the surface for a nice reference of educators throughout time.

Interested in the History of Education, Then here you go!

Since there are not many textbooks regarding the history and philosophy of education, it must have been a difficult task to compile such extensive research. The author outlines the important contributors to today's education from Confucious to Montessori and provides samples of their work for review and analysis. If any reader is interested in understanding why education is the way it is today, this is a great study book to purchase. Included in this book are timelines of history as well as important court cases and events which greatly impacted American education. For any professor having a difficult time finding a textbook which gives the information in a very logical, and visual way, this is a perfect choice. One of its best features is the discussion questions to guide reading. Overall, this book does a fantastic job of laying out the entirety of our educational system.

Look No Further

If you are looking for a text that covers the History and Philosophy of Education that is easy to read with primary source selections from key figures in education, than this is it. (Plato, Cicero, Augustine, Hildegard, Luther, Locke, Wollstonecraft, Hakadah, Franklin, Jefferson, Beecher, Washington, DuBois, Dewey, Counts, Montessori, Piaget...to name a few.) Murphy also makes a point to include educational pioneers that are women. It is very informative and obvious the author has done her homework. The only improvement I would suggest would be to add color and more pictures. Other than that, it is very concise and works well in any History and Philosophy of Education course.