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Adventure of Education : Process Philosophers on Learning, Teaching, and Research.
Title:
Adventure of Education : Process Philosophers on Learning, Teaching, and Research.
Author:
Scarfe, Adam C.
ISBN:
9789042029224
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Series:
Value Inquiry Book Series, 204 ; v.204

Value Inquiry Book Series, 204
Contents:
CONTENTS -- ONE INTRODUCTION: THE ADVENTURE OF EDUCATION -- Two THE MISSING LINK: WHITEHEAD AND THE RELATION BETWEEN THE AESTHETIC AND THE ANALYTICAL IN EDUCATION -- Three HELICAL LEARNING -- Four EDUCATION AS A PROCESS: WHITEHEAD'S THE AIMS OF EDUCATION REVISITED -- Five THE IMPORTANCE OF BIG IDEAS OR HOW TO ENCOURAGE ACTIVE WISDOM -- Six EDUCATING THE FIVE-MINDED ANIMAL -- Seven STEPS TO A PROCESS CURRICULUM -- Eight THE BODY AS A COMPANION IN EDUCATION: AN INTERPRETATION OF WHITEHEAD'S NOTION OF THE WITHNESS OF THE BODY -- Nine ON WHITEHEAD'S THOUGHTS CONCERNING TEACHING, LEARNING, AND THE WAY OF LIBERAL EDUCATION -- Ten WHITEHEAD'S PREHENDING AND DEWEY'S EXPERIMENTING: SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY VERSUS EDUCATIONAL THEORY IN TWENTIETH CENTURY ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES -- Eleven THE COSMOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING AS VALUING: A WHITEHEADIAN PERSPECTIVE ON DESIGNING UNIVERSITY COURSES -- Twelve THE PROBLEM OF THE OVER EMPHASIS ON PRECISION IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH: WHITEHEADIAN SOLUTIONS -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Abstract:
This book on process-relational philosophy of education suggests that the notion of Adventure is foundational for the advancement of knowledge. Learning, teaching, and research are best conceived as rhythmic and relational processes, involving curiosity, imagination, valuation, creativity, and self-realization. Thus construed, contemporary educational practices can be revitalized from pedagogies of information retention and the current overemphasis on analytic precision.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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