ABSTRACT

The papers in this volume provide a coherent philosophical study of a group of important and pressing educational issues such as the selection of objectives for less able children, the fundamental characteristics of teaching and the integration of the curriculum. A thesis on the necessary differentiation of knowledge into logically distinct forms is outlined, and is defended against recent philosophical criticisms. Its implications for curriculum planning are examined, with particular reference to the urgent problems of adeqately characterizing liberal education and those forms of moral and religious education that are appropriate in maintained schools.

chapter 1|11 pages

Philosophy and curriculum planning

chapter 4|12 pages

Realms of meaning and forms of knowledge

chapter 5|12 pages

Language and thought

chapter 6|13 pages

The forms of knowledge re-visited

chapter 7|11 pages

What is teaching?

chapter 9|15 pages

Curriculum integration

chapter 12|13 pages

Morals, religion and the maintained school