<p>The purpose of The Language of Education is, through an application of philosophical methods, to clarify certain pervasive features of educational thought and argument. In particular, analysis of the logical force of educational definitions, slogans, and metaphors are presented, and a study is made of the central idea of teaching. General strategies are presented for critical evaluation of three sorts of statements familiar in educational discussion statements of definition, educational slogans, and metaphorical descriptions of the processes of schooling. Moral and practical issues are disentangled from others with which they are often confused. Strong emphasis is placed on the pupil's sense of reasons. The standard everyday notion of teaching is differentiated from psychological interpretations such as 'setting up conditions for effective learning' as well as from anthropological interpretations such as transmitting the content of the culture. It will be of interest not only to students of education and of philosophy but also to those who, as citizens or educators, are vitally concerned with the practice of the schools.</p>

Language of Education

Israel Scheffler

Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd

Reason and Teaching

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Hackett Pub Co Inc

Reason and teaching (International library of the philosophy of education)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC

Inquiries: Philosophical studies of language, science, & learning

About the Contributor(s): Israel Scheffler is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education and Philosophy Emeritus at Harvard University. He taught philosophy at Harvard from 1952 to 1992 and, from 1983 to 2003, was codirector, then director of the Philosophy of Education Research Center there. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a founding member of the National Academy of Education, and a past president of both the Philosophy of Science Association and the Charles S. Peirce Society. Among his previous books are ""The Anatomy of Inquiry""( 1963), ""Four Pragmatists""(1974), ""Of Human Potential""(1985), ""In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions""(1991), and ""Worlds of Truth""(2009). His main interests lie in the philosophical interpretation of language, symbolism, science, and education.

Inquiries: Philosophical Studies of Language, Science, & Learning

Hackett Pub. Co

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