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Direct linkKatja Castillo – Educational Theory, 2024
In this paper, Katja Castillo approaches the phenomenon of teaching through an analysis of Emmanuel Levinas's unedited conference notes titled "Les nourritures," "Les enseignements," and "L'écrit et l'oral." Levinas's thinking prior to the publication of his major works provides an entry point to his philosophy. In…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Publications, Teaching Methods, Literary Criticism
Julien Kloeg; Liesbeth Noordegraaf-Eelens – Educational Theory, 2024
A key aspect of the educator's responsibility as understood by Hannah Arendt is its dual character. Educators are responsible for both the life and development of the child and the continuance of the world, as Arendt puts it in "The Crisis in Education." Moreover, these aspects of responsibility are in tension with each other. Arendt's…
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Political Influences, Literary Criticism, Authors
Nicholas Stock – Educational Theory, 2024
Beginning with the question of the usefulness of Rousseau's "Émile" for contemporary education, this article explores the fantasy held by educational thinkers and practitioners regarding Rousseau's concept of Natural Education. Using French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan's theory of fantasy, which is based on a relationship between the…
Descriptors: Theories, Literature, Educational Philosophy, Concept Teaching
Peer reviewedPark, J. Charles – Educational Theory, 1977
The book, "Plato, Utilitarianism and Education," by Robin Barrow is reviewed in this article. (JD)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Educational Theories, Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Connell, Jeanne M. – Educational Theory, 2008
In this review essay, Jeanne Connell examines the influence of pragmatic philosophy on the scholarly works of twentieth-century literary theorist and English educator Louise Rosenblatt through the lens of a recent collection of her essays originally published between 1936 and 1999. Rosenblatt grounded her transactional theory of literature in…
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, Teaching Methods, Literature, English Instruction
Peer reviewedChambliss, J. J. – Educational Theory, 1988
Vico's conception of sublime poetry is used as the context for examining Plato's criticisms of poets and his quest of knowledge for the good (as found in the "Republic"). (CB)
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Literary Criticism, Lyric Poetry, Philosophy
Curren, Randall – Educational Theory, 2006
In this essay, Randall Curren identifies a type of liberalism that incorporates empirical claims about the development of agency and rationality, and responds to the criticism that liberalism rests on an incoherent conception of "autonomous agency." He argues that moral agents did indeed "become ghosts" somewhere en route from Aristotle to Kant,…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Essays, Literary Criticism, Social Influences
Peer reviewedMurphy, John W. – Educational Theory, 1988
The relevance of postmodernism for formulating educational policy is discussed, emphasizing the postmodern critique of computerization. Postmodernists suggest that the computer in education may not be as productive as was originally thought because it will bring to fruition the theories of modernism that separate truth from context. (JL)
Descriptors: Computers, Educational Philosophy, Epistemology, Language
Peer reviewedDrake, James A. – Educational Theory, 1978
A book titled "The Processes of Thinking" by Marc Belth is reviewed. (JD)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Evaluative Thinking, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedRipley, David B. – Educational Theory, 1972
A critical rebuttal of an opinion of Amos Bronson Alcott's educational philosophy. (RK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
Peer reviewedFennel, Jon; Liveritte, Rudy – Educational Theory, 1979
An article by Harvey Siegal, "Kuhn and Critical Thought," is criticized. (JD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Intellectual History, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedHansen, David T. – Educational Theory, 1988
The article addresses the question of whether or not Socrates was a Socratic teacher by exploring three issues from Plato's "Theaetetus": Socrates' assertion that he is an intellectual "midwife"; the problems in associating Socrates' love of conversation with teaching; and the question of whether or not Socrates' practices…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Self Concept
