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Direct linkDahlbeck, Johan – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2014
In this article I will investigate a perceived tension in Swedish early childhood education (ECE) policy between reevaluating certain foundational claims on the one hand and following universal moral commands on the other. I ask the question; how is it that certain commonly held assumptions are being debunked and others left undisturbed in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Moral Values, Educational Policy, Educational Philosophy
Johannesen, Nina – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2013
In this article I explore if and how very young children can be the educators of their early childhood educators. I describe and discuss a story constructed from a fieldwork done in one early childhood setting in Norway. The story is read with Levinas and his concepts Said and Saying. Further I discuss if and how this might be understood as…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Foreign Countries, Praxis, Young Children
Stephen, Christine – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2012
This paper sets out to examine the place of theory in preschool education, considering the theories to which practitioners and providers have access and which provide a rationale for everyday practices and shape the experiences of young children. The paper reflects the circumstances of preschool provision, practices and thinking in the UK in…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Theories, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Practices
Frank, Jeff – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2012
This paper begins with a discussion of Stanley Cavell's philosophy of language learning. Young people learn more than the meaning of words when acquiring language: they learn about (the quality of) our form of life. If we--as early childhood educators--see language teaching as something like handing some inert thing to a child, then we unduly…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Children, Language Acquisition, Language Teachers
Waddington, David I. – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2010
One of the interesting aspects of Dewey's early educational thought is his apparent hostility toward children's imaginative pursuits, yet the question of why this antipathy exists remains unanswered. As will become clear, Dewey's hostility towards imaginative activities stemmed from a broad variety of concerns. In some of his earliest work, Dewey…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Psychological Patterns, Progressive Education, Imagination
Baader, Meika Sophia – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2004
This contribution compares entries on Friedrich Froebel and the kindergarten in German and United States' histories of education from 1857 to 1933. In the American histories, Froebel appears as the great "hero" of education of the 19th century, whereas in the German histories, Pestalozzi is the "hero." This difference in the perspectives goes back…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Politics of Education, Public Education
