{"product_id":"teacher-education-and-the-pursuit-of-wisdom-9781433145391","title":"Teacher Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTeacher Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom\u003c\/em\u003e takes its readers into the deep waters of investigating teaching not simply as a profession but as a precious way of life. The author begins by investigating the nature of teaching as both an active and a contemplative endeavor and inquires into the resonance between the nature of teaching on the one hand and what has been said classically about genuine philosophizing on the other hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving laid the groundwork for students to be able to recognize this intimate connection, readers are next challenged to take up the notion of teaching as a way of life in the pursuit of wisdom experimentally and to record their observations in a personalized journal format. Thorough explanations are provided concerning the value of journaling for self-knowledge, and exemplar texts by master journal writers are discussed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is designed for use as a primary textbook in philosophy of education courses. Instructors will find it hel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«\u003ci\u003eTeacher Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful book to be read and an essential book to have for teachers of philosophy.»\u003cbr\u003e (Lee Trepanier, https:\/\/voegelinview.com)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures – Acknowledgments – Introduction: A Note to Instructors and Student-Teachers About How to Interact With This Book – Journaling, Self-Knowledge, and Education – Plato’s \u003ci\u003eMeno \u003c\/i\u003eand Education – Plato’s \u003ci\u003eApology \u003c\/i\u003eand Education – Isocrates—The Father of Modern Education – Francis Bacon and Education – Rene Descartes and Education – John Locke and Education – Rousseau’s Educational Ideas in the \u003ci\u003eEmile \u003c\/i\u003e– John Dewey, Inquiry, and Progressive Education – Maria Montessori and Seeing the Child in Education – Jean Piaget, Constructivism, and Seeing the Child in Education – Jacques Maritain and Education – An Aporetic Ending? Assessment and the Pursuit of Wisdom in Education – Appendix A: Assessment Tools – Appendix B: Experiments for Philosophical \u003ci\u003eAskesis \u003c\/i\u003e– Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039618433367,"sku":"9781433145391","price":50.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433145391.jpg?v=1750944274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teacher-education-and-the-pursuit-of-wisdom-9781433145391","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}