Philosophy Of Education

Philosophy of Education includes discussions on Western 'isms' of Philosophy and Indian Philosophy of education from the Vedas to Contemporary Indian Philosophies. Besides clarification of the philosophical issues, emphasis has been laid on draqing the philosophical implicaitons of every 'ism'. all the Eminent Great Educators, Western and Indian, have been included in this book. Subject matter has been arranged according to problems of Philosophy of Education. Philosophy is the criticism and clarificationof concepts. Thus, clarificationand criticism have been the twin objectives of discussion in this book. Question Bank has been given at the end of the book for preparation for examination. Thus, the book is expected to serve as an ideal textbook on the subject.
About Author :
Dr. SOTI SHIVENDRA Chandra, M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D. is Principal of the S.S. Post-graduate College, Shahjahanpur, Rohilkhand University. He has been teaching under-graduate and post-graduate students of education. Besides participating in many seminars and contributing many research papers. Dr. Soti has held several improtant positions at the university level. He has been co-author with Dr. Ram Nath Sharma in several books on Education including Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy of Education. Dr. Rajendra Kumar Sharma (born 1962), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., U.G.C. Research Fellow, Panjab University, Chandigarh (1985-1988), worked in I.C.S.S.R. Sponsored Project (1987) on "Overseas Indian Entrepreneurs in Kenya'. He is LMI : Indian Sociological Society, Uttar Pradehs Samaj Shastra Parishad, Indian Research Association, U.P. Darshan Parishad. He is author of dozens of papers and books on Sociology both in utilised his experience of teaching Sociology to Post-graduate and Under-graduate students for writing ideal almost all the papers taught in this subject at Indian Universities. He taught at N.A.S. P.G. College, Meerut (1987-1991). At present he is Lecturer at N.R.E.C. (P.G.) College, Ch. Charan Singh University.
Contents :
Preface Philosphy: Nature, Problems, Scope and Value Philosophy and Education Philosophy of Education Idealism Realism Naturalism: Jean Jacques Rousseau Pragmatism: John Dewey and Bertrand Russell Existentialism Logical Positivism Socialism, Fascim, Marxism and Communism Humanism Secularism Ancient Indian Philosophy of Education Swami Dayananda Annie Besant M.K. Gandhi Rabindra Nath Tagore Swami Vivekananda Sri Aurobindo Concluding Remarkts Question Bank