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Individualism and Educational Theory

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. John Watt

    1. School of Education, Murdoch University, Australia

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Education (PHED, volume 2)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. What is Individualism?

    1. The Individualistic Tradition

      • John Watt
      Pages 1-34

    2. Individualistic Ideals of Human Development

      • John Watt
      Pages 35-45

    3. Alternatives to Individualism

      • John Watt
      Pages 46-70

    4. Three Approaches to Individualism: Sumner, Rogers, Dewey

      • John Watt
      Pages 71-117

  3. Individualism in Recent Western Educational Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 118-120
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    2. Analytic Philosophy of Education

      • John Watt
      Pages 121-136

    3. The Popular Radicals

      • John Watt
      Pages 137-165

    4. Piaget and the Study of Child Development

      • John Watt
      Pages 166-185

    5. Limits to Individualism

      • John Watt
      Pages 186-234

    6. The Alternatives and Their Limits

      • John Watt
      Pages 235-249

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 250-252
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Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, Murdoch University, Australia

    John Watt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Individualism and Educational Theory

  • Authors: John Watt

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2460-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0446-3Published: 30 September 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7610-4Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2460-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0923-9065

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 254

  • Topics: Philosophy of Education, Education, general, Political Science

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