Preface to an Educational Philosophy / / I. B. Berkson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Berkson, I. B.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1940]; ©1940
• Year of Publication: 1940
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; Part One: THE NATURE OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY --; Chapter One. THE CALL FOR PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION --; Chapter Two. A RETURN TO METAPHYSICS ? --; Chapter Three. IS PHILOSOPHY MERELY A HYPOTHESIS ? --; Chapter Four. THE IDEAL WITHIN THE REAL AS A BASIS FOR RECONSTRUCTION --; Part Two DEMOCRACY AS A SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY --; Chapter Five. THE ETHICAL ROOT OF DEMOCRACY IN THE RELIGIOUS TRADITION --; Chapter Six. STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL DEMOCRACY --; Chapter Seven. ESSENTIALS OF POLITICAL DEMOCRACY TODAY --; Chapter Eight. FORCE, INTELLIGENCE-AND ASSOCIATION --; Chapter Nine THE ECONOMIC FULFILLMENT OF DEMOCRACY --; Part Three: ASPECTS OF A RECONSTRUCTED EDUCATIONAL POLICY --; Chapter Ten. COMMON WELFARE AND SOCIAL CHANGE --; Chapter Eleven. NATIONAL UNITY AND RACE DISCRIMINATION --; Chapter Twelve. THE AUTONOMOUS FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL --; Chapter Thirteen. OUGHT, CAN, DARE THE SCHOOL BUILD A NEW SOCIAL ORDER? --; Chapter Fourteen. CONCLUSION: EDUCATION AND THE EMERGING ERA --; REFERENCES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231888479; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/berk92390
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: I. B. Berkson.

Demonstrates how education must participate in bringing about social change as an outgrowth of the philosophies of Dewey and Kilpatrick.