The History of Educational Ideas and the Credibility of Philosophy of Education

There have been recent advocates of a return to the history of educational ideas, in part as a necessary component of educational philosophy. The prerequisite of a credible return to the history of educational ideas is some awareness of who and what constitute that history. The general intention of...

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Published inEducational philosophy and theory Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 7 - 26
Main Author MUIR, JAMES R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.1998
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
University of New South Wales
Subjects
Ancient history
Educational history
Educational philosophy
Educational principles
Educational theories
Greece, Ancient
Hirst, Paul Heywood. Liberal Education
History of educational philosophy
Inaccuracy
Isocrates
Renaissance humanism
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
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Summary:There have been recent advocates of a return to the history of educational ideas, in part as a necessary component of educational philosophy. The prerequisite of a credible return to the history of educational ideas is some awareness of who and what constitute that history. The general intention of this paper is to argue that 'the marginalisation of the historical' has been so extreme within educational studies that even this minimal awareness is no longer available.
Bibliography:Educational Philosophy and Theory; v.30 n.1 p.7-26; April 1998
Refereed article.
Educational Philosophy and Theory, v.30, no.1, Apr 1998: 7-26
ISSN:0013-1857
1469-5812
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-5812.1998.tb00312.x