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Encyclopedia of educational theory and philosophy / edited by D.C. Phillips (Stanford University).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB17 .E52 2014 V.1
"The two-volume Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy introduces readers to theories that have stood the test of time and those that have provided the historical foundation for the best of contemporary educational theory and practice. Drawing together a team of international scholars, this invaluable reference examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them and presents them in the context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses"
The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of education / edited by Nigel Blake ... [et al.].
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB14.7 .B57 2003
A companion to the philosophy of education / edited by Randall Curren.
Malden, MA : Blackwell, c2003.
Green Library » InfoCenter (non-circulating) » B72 .B565 1991 V.27
Curriculum studies handbook--the next moment / edited by Erik Malewski.
New York : Routledge, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.15 .C6965 2010
Encyclopedia of education and human development / Stephen J. Farenga and Daniel Ness, editors ; foreword by James H. Borland.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LB15 .E473 2005 V.1
The handbook of educational theories / edited by Beverly J. Irby ... [et al.].
Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LB14.7 .H3636 2013
"In addition to the traditional the traditional theories presented, the handbook includes emerging educational theories for the 21st century, as well as practical examples of the use of these theories in research..."
An introduction to philosophy of education / Robin Barrow and Ronald Woods.
4th ed. / London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB880 .B34 2006
The Oxford handbook of philosophy of education / edited by Harvey Siegel.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB14.7 .O93 2009
"The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education is intended to serve as a general introduction to key issues in the field, to further the philosophical pursuit of those issues, and to bring philosophy of education back into closer contact with general philosophy. Distinguished philosophers and philosophers of education, most of whom have made important contributions to core areas of philosophy, turn their attention in these 28 essays to a broad range of philosophical questions concerning education."
Philosophy of education : an anthology / edited by Randall Curren.
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB17 .P484 2007
The SAGE handbook of philosophy of education / edited by Richard Bailey ... [et al.].
Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LB17 .S114 2010
"This book provides an authoritative, yet accessible guide to the philosophy of education, its scope, its key thinkers and movements, and its potential contribution to a range of educational concerns."
21st century education : a reference handbook / edited by Thomas L. Good.
Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LA210 .A15 2008 V.1

New books

Race and the origins of progressive education, 1880-1929 / Thomas D. Fallace.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC191.4 .F35 2015
Virtual teacher : cognitive approach to e-learning material / by Boris Aberšek, Bojan Borstner and Janez Bregant.
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028.5 .A243 2014
History of Chinese ancient educational thought / Zhu Yongxin.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA1131.82 .Z5472 2015
Adventures in reasoning : communal inquiry through fantasy role-play / Jason J. Howard.
1st [edition].
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » B52 .H73 2015
The "Reason" of Schooling : historicizing curriculum studies, pedagogy, and teacher education / edited by Thomas S. Popkewitz.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1570 .R372 2015
Childhood, education and philosophy : new ideas for an old relationship / Walter Kohan.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB14.7 .K65 2015
Rinktiniai edukologiniai raštai / Bronislovas Bitinas.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB41 .B58 2013 1 T
Higher education as a public good : critical perspectives on theory, policy and practice / edited by Ourania Filippakou and Gareth Williams.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2322.2 .H51984 2015
Philosophy and modern liberal arts education : freedom is to learn / Nigel Tubbs (University of Winchester, UK).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1011 .T84 2014
The university next door : what is a comprehensive university, who does it educate, and can it survive? / edited by Mark Schneider, KC Deane.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2328.2 .U555 2015
Parallels and responses to curricular innovation : the possibilities of posthumanistic education / Brad Petitfils.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB14.7 .P494 2015
Journeys : reconceptualizing early childhood practices through pedagogical narration / Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, Fikile Nxumalo, Laurie Kocher, Enid Elliot, Alejandra Sanchez.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.23 .P33 2015
Freire and education / Antonia Darder.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB880 .F73 D37 2015
Between truth and freedom : Rousseau and our contemporary political and educational culture / Kenneth Wain.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB518 .W35 2015
Multidisciplinary perspectives on education / edited by Hasan Arslan ... [et.al.].
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB14.7 .M855 2014
Understanding education and educational research / Paul Smeyers (University of Ghent), Richard Smith (University of Durham, UK).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028 .S528 2014
Edusemiotics : semiotic philosophy as educational foundation / Andrew Stables and Inna Semetsky.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB885 .S725 2015
Les moeurs et la caricature en France, par J. Grand-Carteret. 8 planches en couleur, 36 planches hors texte, 500 illustrations dans le texte (reproduction d'oeuvres anciennes et oeuvres originales des artistes)
Paris, La Librairie illustrée [1888]
Art & Architecture Library » Stacks » NC1490 .G7 F
Leaders in philosophy of education : intellectual self-portraits (second series) / edited by Leonard J. Waks ; foreword by Jane Roland Martin.
Rotterdam [Netherlands] ; Boston : Sense Publishers, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB14.7 .L425 2014
Haunting and the educational imagination / Barbara Regenspan.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands ; Boston : Sense Publishers, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2324 .R44 2014
A critique of creativity and complexity : deconstructing clichés / edited by Don Ambrose, Bharath Sriraman and Kathleen M. Pierce.
Rotterdam [Netherlands] ; Boston : Sense Publishers, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1062 .C79 2014
Posthumanism and educational research / edited by Nathan Snaza and John A. Weaver.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1025.3 .P683 2015
Dewey's social philosophy : democracy as education / John R. Shook.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB875 .D5 S47 2014
Jane Addams in the classroom / edited by David Schaafsma.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB875 .A332 J36 2014
Education, philosophy and well-being : new perspectives on the work of John White / edited by Judith Suissa, Carrie Winstanley, and Roger Marples.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB880 .W482 E38 2015
New perspectives in philosophy of education : ethics, politics and religion / edited by David Lewin, Alexandre Guilherme and Morgan White.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB14.7 .N488 2014
Rethinking science education : philosophical perspectives / by Roland M. Schulz, PhD (Imaginative Education Research Group (IERG) at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » Q181 .S357 2014
Knowing and learning as creative action : a reexamination of the epistemological foundations of education / Aaron Stoller (Associate director, University Honors Program, North Carolina State University, USA).
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC189 .S76 2014
Deeper learning : how eight innovative public schools are transforming education in the twenty-first century / Monica R. Martinez and Dennis McGrath.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA217.2 .M366 2014
Beyond the university : why liberal education matters / Michael S. Roth.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1011 .R75 2014

Journals

Educational philosophy and theory.
[Oxford, New York] Pergamon Press.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LB1025.2 .E38 V.42 NO.8 2010
Educational studies.
Charlottesville, Va. [etc.] American Educational Studies Association.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
Educational theory.
[Urbana, University of Illinois]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.5 .E277 V.60:NO.6 2010
Journal of philosophy of education.
Oxford, Carfax Pub. Co.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.6 .P5684 V.44 2010
Philosophy of education / a publication of the Philosophy of Education Society.
Urbana, Ill. : Philosophy of Education Society
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.6 .P568 2011
Studies in philosophy & education.
New Brunswick, N.J.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.5 .S933 V.27 2008

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related Databases

The Philosopher's index.
Cumulative ed. Bowling Green, Ohio, Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green University.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » Z7127 .P4 V.39 NO.4 2005
"The Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database with informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy. The literature covered goes back to 1940 and includes journal articles, books, book chapters such as contributions to an anthology, and book reviews."