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Essays on Philosophy of Education
Links to online essays and papers by Rick Garlikov concerning philosophical topics, particularly philosophy of education and ethics (moral philosophy).
A Dialogue on the Relationship between Learning and Self-esteem
http://www.implicity.com/selfesteem/index.htm
This dialogue includes many participants from the self-esteem movement in the US and explores the relationship between educational philosophy and practice and self-esteem.
The Evils of Inductivism
http://FoolQuest.com/inductivism.htm
Inductivism, the long-discredited yet ubiquitous and entrenched educational theory, which is based upon the long dead theory of Epistemology and Scientific Methodology, actually rejects explanatory teaching as unnatural.
Tolstoy as a Schoolmaster
http://www.boondocksnet.com/editions/tolstoy/schoolmaster.html
Leo Tolstoy's philosophy of education and its application in the United States, examined by Ernest Howard Crosby.
Rousseau and Informal Education
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-rous.htm
An essay on Rousseau's philosophy of education, with specific reference to his mile.
Media Courage: Impossible Pedagogy In An Artificial Community
http://www.egs.edu/resources/fred-isseks.html
Doctoral dissertation by Fred Isseks discussing media literacy, courage, and the philosophy of eduction in the postmodern environment.