Philosophy of Education: Modern and Contemporary Ideas at Play offers a space of questioning and imagination where students are asked to suspend what they think they have come to know and think critically, imaginatively, and playfully about the status quo. Future teachers are given an opportunity to analyze assumptions, speculate as to alternatives, and cultivate a comprehensive sense of the relationships between all aspects of schooling. Educational philosophy provides the skills needed to play with ideas.
Chapter 1 John Dewey (1859–1952)
Chapter 2 Susan Elizabeth Blow (1843–1916)
Chapter 3 Frances Jackson Coppin (1837–1913)
Chapter 4 Sarah Winnemucca (ca. 1844–1891)
Chapter 5 Lucia Ames Mead (1856–1936)
Chapter 6 Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954)
Chapter 7 Anna Julia Cooper (1858–1964)
Chapter 8 Emma Johnson Goulette (1876–1960)
Chapter 9 W. E. B. DU BOIS (1868–1963)
Chapter 10 Martin Buber (1878–1965)
Chapter 11 Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
Chapter 12 Paulo Freire (1921–1997)
Chapter 13 bell hooks (1952–2021)
Chapter 14 Matthew Lipman (1923–2010), Ann Margaret Sharp (1942–2010) and Frederick S. Oscanyan (b. 1934)
Chapter 15 Ann Margaret Sharp (1942–2010)
Chapter 16 Sandra Harding (b. 1935)
Chapter 17 Nel Noddings (b. 1929)
Chapter 18 Ira Shor (b. 1945)
Chapter 19 Gregory Cajete (b. 1952)
Chapter 20 Maya Levanon (b. 1972)
Chapter 21 Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon (b. 1953)
Chapter 22 Parker J. Palmer (b. 1939)
Chapter 23 Jaime Grinberg (b. 1956)