Philosophical Reflections On Neuroscience And Education

Author : William H. Kitchen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474283713
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Reflections on Neuroscience and Education written by William H. Kitchen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophical Reflections on Neuroscience and Education explores conceptual and normative questions about the recent programme which aims to underpin education with neuroscientific principles. By invoking philosophical ideas such as Bennett and Hacker's mereological fallacy, Wittgenstein's the first-person/third-person asymmetry principle and the notion of irreducible/constitutive uncertainty, William H. Kitchen offers a critique of the whole-sale adoption of neuroscience to education. He explores and reviews the role that neuroscience has started to play in educational policy and practice, and whether or not such a role is founded in coherent conceptual reasoning. Kitchen critically analyses the role which neuroscience can possibly play within educational discussions, and offers paradigmatic examples of how neuroscientific approaches have already found their way into educational practice and policy documents. By invoking the philosophical work primarily of Wittgenstein, he argues against the surge of neuroscientism within educational discourse and offers to clarify and elucidate core concepts in this area which are often misunderstood.

Author : M. R. Bennett
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9781405108553
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience written by M. R. Bennett and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2003-04-28 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing from a scientifically and philosophically informed perspective, the authors provide a critical overview of the conceptual difficulties encountered in many current neuroscientific and psychological theories.

Author : Clarence W. Joldersma
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317623118
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neuroscience and Education written by Clarence W. Joldersma and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume makes a philosophical contribution to the application of neuroscience in education. It frames neuroscience research in novel ways around educational conceptualizing and practices, while also taking a critical look at conceptual problems in neuroeducation and at the economic reasons driving the mind-brain education movement. It offers alternative approaches for situating neuroscience in educational research and practice, including non-reductionist models drawing from Dewey and phenomenological philosophers such as Martin Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. The volume gathers together an international bevy of leading philosophers of education who are in a unique position to contribute conceptually rich and theoretically framed insight on these new developments. The essays form an emerging dialogue to be used within philosophy of education as well as neuroeducation, educational psychology, teacher education and curriculum studies.

Author : M. R. Bennett
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231140447
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neuroscience and Philosophy written by M. R. Bennett and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three prominent philosophers and a leading neuroscientist engage in a lively, often contentious debate about cognitive neuroscience and philosophy and the relationships among brain, mind, and person.

Author : Ruth Cigman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405195649
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Philosophies of Learning written by Ruth Cigman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a collection of contributions from an international team of empirical researchers and philosophers, New Philosophies of Learning signals the need for a sharper critical awareness of the possibilities and problems that the recent spate of innovative learning techniques presents. Explores some of the many contemporary innovations in approaches to learning, including neuroscience and the focus on learners’ well-being and happiness Debates the controversial approaches to categorising learners such as dyslexia Raises doubts about the preoccupation with quasi-mathematical scrutiny and the neglect of ethical reflection about education Discusses the possible grounds for concern, without exaggerating their similarities or offering sweeping judgements Includes contributions from empirical researchers and philosophers, including Usha Goswami, Howard Gardner, Julian Elliott, David Bakhurst, John White and Christopher Winch

Author : Rex Welshon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315478757
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy, Neuroscience and Consciousness written by Rex Welshon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explaining consciousness is one of the last great unanswered scientific and philosophical problems. Immediately known, familiar and obvious, consciousness is also baffling, opaque and strange. This introduction to the problems posed by consciousness discusses the most important work of cognitive science, neurophysiology and philosophy of mind of the past thirty years and presents an up to date assessment of the issues and debates. The reader is first introduced to the way that consciousness has been thought about in the history of philosophy and psychology. The author then presents an informal and largely non-technical account of the properties of consciousness that are thought to be the most paradigmatic and problematic. Recent scientific work on consciousness, from neurophysiological studies of the brain and evolutionary studies of the development of consciousness to computational theories of the mind are then examined and the philosophical problems that these accounts raise are systematically introduced. The final chapters of the book consider more practical matters by addressing self-deception, neuroses, the unconscious and notions of the self, before concluding with an assessment of the future for psychology and the philosophy of mind.

Author : Errol E. Harris
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402043093
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections on the Problem of Consciousness written by Errol E. Harris and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential puzzle of consciousness is how the electro-chemical activity constantly occurring in the brain translates into the conscious experience we enjoy. In this highly praised study, Errol Harris considers the attempts made by several important neuro-scientists and philosophers to address the question, and makes his own suggestions as to how it might be approached with the best prospect of intelligibility.

Author : Jane Gatley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350268364
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Teach Philosophy in Schools? written by Jane Gatley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-09 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a case for teaching philosophy in schools. It develops two original arguments for teaching philosophy to all students at some point over the course of their education. Gatley argues that teaching philosophy is the best way to help students to think clearly using ordinary, or non-specialist concepts such as 'good', 'truth', or 'happiness'. She goes on to argue that teaching philosophy is the best way to help students to make sense of the different conceptual schemes used by different school subjects. Combining these two arguments, Gatley suggests that these two roles for philosophy are central to the task of educating people, and so philosophy ought to be included on school curricula. Building on the work of philosophers of education including Richard Stanley Peters, Harry Brighouse, Matthew Lipman, Mary Midgley and Martha Nussbaum, the book covers a range of topics including Philosophy for Children (P4C), the aims education, religious education, curriculum design and education policy.

Author : Oren Ergas
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137587822
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconstructing 'Education' through Mindful Attention written by Oren Ergas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-21 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reconstructs the idea and practice of education. Rather than conceiving of education as a process we undergo in which our minds are shaped by a social vision, Oren Ergas turns this notion of education on its head, arguing instead that we ourselves construct education. The multitude of problems with formal education and schooling, such as violence, inequality, and low achievements, are then seen as reflections of problems of the mind, meaning that close study of the mind is necessary if these problems are to be successfully tackled. Through philosophy, neuroscience and psychology, this book proposes a new perspective on 'educational' theory, practice and research. It will be of great interest to students and teachers, scholars of education, and educational policy-makers.

Author : Laura D’Olimpio
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350120928
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Necessity of Aesthetic Education written by Laura D’Olimpio and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Necessity of Aesthetic Education is a manifesto. That which is experienced through engagement with art, through the many various and diverse art forms and media, is uniquely and essentially valuable to the lives of human beings. In order to fully appreciate and gain the most out of the arts, which offer a variety of aesthetic experience, there are concepts, skills and techniques integral to such understanding. In this book, Laura D'Olimpio argues that aesthetic education ought to be a compulsory part of education for all school-aged students, from pre-primary to high school, on the basis of its distinctive value. Such an argument is timely, given the so-called crisis in the arts and humanities, with declining student numbers in subjects that do not have a direct vocational correlative, and increased focus on science, engineering, technology and mathematics (STEM) subjects. As funding cuts increasingly slash the support for the arts, there is a need to argue for why the arts and arts education is valuable, for their own sake, as well as for the positive contributions they can and do make to society. Through critical engagement with a range of thinkers including Maxine Greene, John Dewey and Elliot Eisner, D'Olimpio offers a unique and important contribution to aesthetic education, and to research within philosophy of education.