Documents tagged with History Of Education

James R. Muir - Ancient Jewish Political Thought and the Legacy of Isocrates (1997)

Title: Ancient Jewish Political Thought and the Legacy of Isocrates By: James R. Muir Date: 1997 Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to show that an accurate understanding of the nature of an...
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James R. Muir - The History of Educational Ideas and the Credibility of Philosophy of Education (199

Title: The History of Educational Ideas and the Credibility of Philosophy of Education By: James R. Muir Date: 1998 Abstract: A number of educationists has recently advocated a return to the his...
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James R. Muir - The Evolution of Philosophy of Education Within Educational Studies (1996)

Title: The evolution of philosophy of education within educational studies By: James R. Muir Date: 1996 Abstract: Although educationists have also begun to wonder whether arguments might be made...
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James R. Muir - The Strange Case of Mr. Bloom (1996)

Title: The Strange Case of Mr. Bloom By: James R. Muir Date: 1996 Abstract: The intention of this paper is to suggest that the educational philosophy of Allan Bloom merits renewed consideration,...
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James R. Muir - Notes on the Isocratic Legacy and Islamic Political Thought: The Example of Educatio

Title: Notes on the Isocratic Legacy and Islamic Political Thought: The Example of Education By: James R. Muir Date: 2001 Abstract: The legacy of Isocrates may constitute one such point of depar...
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James R. Muir - Is our history of educational philosophy mostly wrong? The case of Isocrates (2005)

Title: Is our history of educational philosophy mostly wrong? The case of Isocrates By: James R. Muir Date: 2005 Abstract: There are two very different accounts of the history of educational phi...
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James R. Muir - Derrida and Post-Modern Political Philosophy (2008)

Title: Derrida and Post-Modern Political Philosophy By: James R. Muir Date: 2008 Abstract: Western political philosophy may be more diverse than its supporters or critics have allowed in recent ...
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Climbing Our Family Tree: The untimely birth of Children’s books about evolution, 1920-1955

Evolution was largely removed from high school textbooks in the period between the Scopes trial and the launch of Sputnik. Yet, this period saw the first children’s books about evolution. By explor...
  • tjowens published this 02 / 05 / 2009
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A History of Education

This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online. ...
  • craig@craigharding.com published this 07 / 05 / 2008
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