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" At home in the world : "
Eilon Schwartz.
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BL
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954105
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b708475
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| Main Entry
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Schwartz, Eilon,1958-
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At home in the world : : human nature, ecological thought, and education after Darwin /\ Eilon Schwartz.
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Albany :: SUNY Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xi, 217 pages) :: illustrations
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1438426429
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: 1441618635
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: 9781438426426
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: 9781441618634
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1438426259
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9781438426259
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The making of Darwinism -- Darwin and the good in human nature -- Nature's lessons : applying evolutionary theory to educational philosophy in the nineteenth century -- From philosophy of nature to educational philosophy -- Spencer's educational philosophy -- Huxley's educational philosophy -- Kropotkin's educational philosophy -- Conclusion -- Dewey's Darwinism : human nature and the interdependence of life -- Change and growth are the essential features of Darwinism -- Human beings can only be understood as part of the natural world -- The natural and the social : Dewey's notion of habit -- Human beings are by nature social animals, and can only be understood through their sociability -- Living in the world : democracy as a natural value -- Dewey's Darwinian educational philosophy -- Mary Midgley and the ecological telos -- Innate needs -- The teleological implications of having needs -- Feminism and human nature : a case study in teleological thinking -- On building a whole life -- Moral objectivity and the reality of evil -- Breaking down the is/ought dichotomy -- A transcendent life -- A Darwinian education -- The aims and purposes of education : a Darwinian perspective -- Emotions and reason -- Particularism and universalism -- From nature to culture : a Darwinian curriculum -- Cultivating wonder : educational didactics -- Final thoughts.
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Dewey, John,1859-1952.
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Dewey, John,1859-1952.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Nature and nurture.
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Social Darwinism.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Nature and nurture.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Cognitive Psychology.
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SCIENCE-- Cognitive Science.
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Social Darwinism.
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153
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370.1/2
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BF341.S38 2009eb
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