Author | Feibleman, James K. author |
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Title | Education and Civilization [electronic resource] / by James K. Feibleman |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1987 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3513-6 |
Descript | XII, 244 p. online resource |
I: The theory of education -- 1. A philosophy of education -- 2. The institution as educator -- 3. The educational institution -- 4. The eminence of scholarship -- 5. The prevalence of ignorance -- 6. The range of learning -- II: The theory of practice in education -- 1. Problems in the philosophy of education -- 2. The education of the academic administrator -- 3. Falsity in practice -- III: The uses of university -- 1. What happens in college? -- 2. The college teacher -- 3. Thoughts about teaching -- 4. The well-grounded graduate -- 5. A slower pace for superior students -- 6. Athletic education -- IV: The advancement of education -- 1. Education and the genius -- 2. The genius versus the American university -- V: Education and civilization -- 1. The cultural conditioning of education -- 2. The future of the past -- 3. The hidden philosophy of Americans -- 4. Education and Western civilization -- 5. Education and the total culture -- Notes -- A system of philosophy