Evolutionary Theory and Education

The Influence of Evolutionary Thinking on Educational Theory and Philosophy

Aline Nardo (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2025 | 2025
Brill | mentis (Verlag)
978-3-95743-320-6 (ISBN)

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How has evolutionary theory shaped educational thinking over the past two centuries? This volume explores the considerable but under-appreciated influence of evolutionary ideas on educational theory and the philosophy of education. The book reveals the interplay between educational and evolutionary perspectives along the concepts of 'adaptation', 'selection', 'inheritance', and 'progress'. It tracks these ideas across the works of various influential educational thinkers, including Herbert Spencer, Jean Piaget, John Dewey and Lev Vygotsky, and examines their continuing significance for how we understand and practice education today.

Aline Nardo, Dr., is Lecturer in Philosophy of Education at the Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh. As a former school teacher, she completed her studies at the Universities of Basel and Edinburgh. Since joining the Faculty at Edinburgh, she has been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Teachers College Columbia University and a Visiting Scholar at Jesus College at Cambridge University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.5.2025
Reihe/Serie	Philosophy of Education. Debates and Constellations ; 5
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
Schlagworte	Adaption • Ellen Key • Herbert Spencer • Inheritance • Jane Addams • Jean Piaget • John Dewey • Lev Vygotsky • Progress • selection
ISBN-10	3-95743-320-7 / 3957433207
ISBN-13	978-3-95743-320-6 / 9783957433206
Zustand	Neuware