At home in the world
Subtitle: human nature, ecological thought, and education after Darwin
By: Elion Schwartz.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781438426259
Subjects: Dewey, John, -- 1859-1952; Nature and nurture; Evolution (Biology); Social Darwinism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The making of darwinism; title: Darwin and the good in human nature; title: From Darwin to darwinism : analytic circles and boundaries; title: Nature's lessons : applying evolutionary theory to educational philosophy in the 19th century; title: Spencer's educational philosophy; title: Huxley's educational philosophy; title: Kropotkin's educational philosophy; title: Curriculum implications of Kropotkin's educational philosophy; title: Pedagogical implications; title: Dewey's darwinism : human nature and the interdependence of life; title: Change and growth are the essential features of darwinism; title: Human beings can only be understood as part of the natural world; title: The natural and the social : Dewey's notion of habit; title: Human beings are by nature social animals and can only be understood through their sociability; title: Living in the world : democracy as a natural value; title: Dewey's darwinian educational philosophy; title: Mary Midgley and the ecological telos; title: Innate needs; title: The teleological implications of having needs; title: Feminism and human nature : a case study in teleological thinking; title: On building a whole life; title: Moral objectivity and the reality of evil; title: Breaking down the is/ought dichotomy; title: A transcendent life; title: A darwinian education; title: The aims and purposes of education : a darwinian perspective; title: Emotions and reason; title: Particularism and universalism; title: From nature to culture : a darwinian curriculum; title: Poetry and science : a curriculum which clarifies the telos; title: Developing emotional intelligence; title: Concentric circles : a curriculum that reaches out into the world; title: Cultivating wonder : educational didactics.