Philosophy of Education
By Annick M. Brennen, MA

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What is Education?
Ellen G. White’s Purpose and Meaning of Christian Education
The Purpose of Education
The Meaning of Education
What is Educational Philosophy?
Educational Philosophies of Distinguished Philosophers
Leo XIII’s Position on Proper Religious and Moral Instruction
The Value of Futurism to Education
The Application of Reconstructionism to Education
Educational Value of Humanism
Educational Value of Progressivism
Educational Value of Perennialism
The Educational Value of Behaviorism
Educational Value of Essentialism
Educational Value of Existentialism
A Critique of Plato’s Philosophy of Education as Given in The Republic
The Eden School
The Schools of the Prophets
Jesus the Master Teacher: His Method
His Mission
His Preparation for Ministry
His Qualifications
His Teaching Scope
His Philosophical Base
His Content
His Methods
The Aims of Seventh-Day Adventist Education
Are Seventh-Day Adventists Unique in Their Idea That the Church Should Be
Concerned with Both the Temporal and Spiritual Aspects of Man’s Life?
Content-Centered Approach Versus Child-Centered Approach to Education
The Child-Centered Educational Approach
The Content-Centered Educational Approach
Curriculum and Teaching Method of the (A) Idealist, (B) Realist, and (C) Pragmatist
The Curriculum of the Idealist
The Teaching Method of the Idealist
The Curriculum of the Realist
The Method of the Realist
The Curriculum of the Pragmatist
The Method of the Pragmatist
 
PHILOSOPHY
What is Philosophy?
The Aims and Tasks of Philosophy
Metaphysical Questions
Are Most Philosophers Atheists?
Relationship Between Science and Philosophy
Definition of Terms
Idealism: Ultimate Reality Is Non-Material and Mental
The Correspondence Theory of Truth Versus The Coherence Theory of Truth
The Criterion for Knowledge
The Sources of Knowledge
World Views
Essence of World Views
PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS
The Philosophical Positions of (A) Idealism, (B) Realism, (C) Pragmatism
What Is Pragmatism?
The Seeking of Knowledge as a Transaction
The Core of Idealism
Dichotomous Reality of the Idealist
New Realism Versus Critical Realism
What Is Sense Realism?
Bishop Berkeley’s Idea of Reality - My Position
What Is Scholasticism
Am I an Idealist, a Realist, or a Pragmatist?
Every Rational Person is a Philosopher
GOD
Logical Arguments for the Existence of God
The Cosmological Argument
The Teleological Argument
Who Is God?
Why Do I Believe in a God I Cannot See - My Response to an Atheist
CREATION
The Nature of Human Beings
The Personal Dimension
The Spiritual Dimension
The Mental Dimension
The Social Dimension
The Moral Dimension
The Physical Dimension
Scientific Principles that Lend Support to the Theory of Creation
Comparison of the Approach of Adventist Scientists and Worldly Scientists
Points of Agreement
Points of Disagreement
What Do the Fossil Records Indicate?
A Comparison Between What Evolution Predicted and What Creation Predicted in Fossil Record
The Significance of Eintein’s Theory
Cloning

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