The History and Philosophy of Education: Voices of Educational Pioneers | 
| Author: Madonna Murphy
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 346066
Media: Paperback
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0130955507
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.109
EAN: 9780130955500
ASIN: 0130955507
Publication Date: August 21, 2005
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Product Description
This foundations text offers both concepts and key writings from the major educational innovators throughout history, beginning with the ancient civilizations and proceeding to the current 21st century. The text is organized chronologically and takes a biographical approach, giving readers a wealth of primary source material by philosophers, classical to postmodern, whose ideas have helped shape educational practice. Each chapter has a brief biography of the educator’s life, a summary of the key contributions of the educator, introductory “questions to guide your reading”, and follow-up discussion questions.
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 False advertisment June 15, 2009
Dan (NY, NY, US)
This book was listed as in "new" conditon when I purchased it for the "new" book price. The fact is that this book was clearly used with highlighting and even still had the persons parking ticket shoved in the pages of the book. This company is terrible and hi-jacking people through false advertisment. Do Not Purchase From Them!
 A valuable resource February 20, 2009
a teacher (Boston, MA)
I am currently working on my Ed.D and needed a resource for educational history and philosophy. Ms. Murphy's work is very comprehensive, informative, and a most valuable resource. It was the only source I needed!
Breadth over Depth June 30, 2008
Jessica Howell (Lombard, IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an incredibly expansive history of education, stretching from the middle ages to present. It is set up based on the important people of each time period instead of concepts or movements. There is a helpful review at the end of each chapter with each educator's name and their contribution. I enjoyed this boook as an overview and have researched more deeply those educators in whom I was most interested. Easy read, interesting, skims the surface for a nice reference of educators throughout time.
Interested in the History of Education, Then here you go! May 2, 2007
Steven Brooks (Illinois)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Since there are not many textbooks regarding the history and philosophy of education, it must have been a difficult task to compile such extensive research. The author outlines the important contributors to today's education from Confucious to Montessori and provides samples of their work for review and analysis. If any reader is interested in understanding why education is the way it is today, this is a great study book to purchase. Included in this book are timelines of history as well as important court cases and events which greatly impacted American education. For any professor having a difficult time finding a textbook which gives the information in a very logical, and visual way, this is a perfect choice. One of its best features is the discussion questions to guide reading. Overall, this book does a fantastic job of laying out the entirety of our educational system.
Look No Further April 27, 2007
C. McBride
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are looking for a text that covers the History and Philosophy of Education that is easy to read with primary source selections from key figures in education, than this is it. (Plato, Cicero, Augustine, Hildegard, Luther, Locke, Wollstonecraft, Hakadah, Franklin, Jefferson, Beecher, Washington, DuBois, Dewey, Counts, Montessori, Piaget...to name a few.) Murphy also makes a point to include educational pioneers that are women. It is very informative and obvious the author has done her homework.
The only improvement I would suggest would be to add color and more pictures. Other than that, it is very concise and works well in any History and Philosophy of Education course.
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