Examines writings on educational theory and philosophy in the 1960s, discussing the dynamism, turmoil, and conflict of this era, when educational philosophy came into its own as a vital discipline. The paper notes that both the analytical and existentialist trends of this era shared an emphasis on doing philosophy rather than on philosophical or…

A review of the lifework of the educator, George S. Counts, also serves as a critique of current educational trends. (GW)

In writing on the subject of industrial education in the early years of the century, Dewey's strategy was to describe the possibilities for imaginative educational uses of industrialism and to contrast these with wrong tendencies in the vocational education movement. (Author/MB)

Revisionism and its impact on educational policy and its relation to history and historiography are discussed. History can be useful in understanding the extent to which policy and policymaking are influenced by inertia, the weight of established practice, familiar ideas, and traditional approaches to problem solving. (JMF)

Three questions are examined: (1) Why have contemporary American educators generally ignored Durkheim's sociology of education? (2) What were Durkheim's contributions to the sociology of education as his analysis related to social change through education? and (3) What is the relationship between Durkheim's sociology of education, social change,…

Explores child-centeredness through three interrelated themes: understanding its reconstitution of the child as an effect of power's shifting conceptualization; delineating new identity positions that opened up for teachers and students with the move from romantic to developmentalist child-centeredness; and exploring how child and teacher were…

Histories of education are seriously underdeveloped if the interplay of gender, race, and class is excluded. This article briefly outlines some of the theoretical work done by feminist historians and presents one example of how a feminist approach to conceptualizing and doing history can produce new insights. (IAH)

Introduces a collection of papers that examine the past, present, and future of the journal, Educational Theory, and the field of educational theory, highlighting the 1950s-90s. The essays focus on: being and doing; memory and forgetfulness; diversity and divergence; and deconstruction and reconstruction. Several recurrent themes evident…

Career education is a reform movement which seeks to create more efficient workers for the capitalist system of production. The goals of producing fulfilled and satisfied workers must be shared by career educators and the broader society. (JN)

An examination of four books on the philosophy of education presents four strategies for introducing students to the subject: treating it as the history of the philosophy of education; presenting it as a clash of ism's (e.g., realism, idealism, and rationalism); engaging students in critical dialog; and using a problem- or concept-oriented…

Reviews the development of philosophy of education in North America, Britain, and Australia, examining mutual influences and common characteristics and trends. The paper examines the role language has played in the evaluation of disciplinary traditions in different countries over time and discusses the influence of postmodernism. (SM)

Reviewing much of the existing literature on the history of educational psychology, this essay sheds light on questions about what educational psychology is, who educational psychologists are, who trained them, what constituted their training, and what the topics and problems of their field are. Special consideration is given to the influential…

Attacks upon the quality of public school education result from economic, social, and political upheavals. Three times since 1950 public schools have been blamed for the nation's problems. The pattern of these attacks on education are explored. (DF)

The point is made that the highest priority for improvement on all levels of education for the next quarter of a century lies in an intensified search for education's role in achieving freedom, equality, and community, and that the very highest priority should be given to the search for a viable, inclusive, and just political community. (JD)