Philosophy & Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective

This was an excellent text book. The information was relevant to my course (Philosophy For Education). The formatting of the text was user friendly. My kindle version was very useful to me in the class room setting. I appreciated the comparative christian prospective.

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This book provides a wonderfully clear summary of the various Western philosophies of education. I found the first half of the book to be particularly helpful. The second half was also generally helpful, but was somewhat repetitive. Also, in the second half some claims are made about the content of basic Christian teaching with which that many Christians would disagree. For example, the author says that the character "Lucifer" and his fall from heaven constitutes the background of the person we call Satan. Knight also claims that Satan "invented" sin. Still, as a person with little background in philosophy I found this book quite helpful and informative.

My classmates preferred the other textbook we read (Foundations of Christian Education), but I really loved this book. His main point is that "mindlessness" has characterized teachers who simply pull from a variety of methods and philosophies without realizing they do not cohesively integrate. As Christians, our practices and theories which inform our practices should be distinctively Christian. My philosophy of education is much more clear and consistent as a result of this book.His insights on Christian axiology and esthetics alone are worth the whole price of the book! That section is underlined and starred all over the place.

An excellent book. It demonstrates that every educational theory was inspired by some philosophy. Thus you cannot understand educational theory unless you know the underlying philosophy. Yet it is written in a simple, clear form (sometimes a little too simplistic, if you have a philosophy background, but the intended readers are teachers, not philosophers). I have used the book in a worldview class to illustrate the importance of being able to identify the worldviews that influence theory-formation within all the academic disciplines, not just education.

The resource is extensive in its research and description of philosophy and education, and how to think Christianly about both. However I found it to be particularly dry in style and poor in practical life application.

Purchased for a class as required textbook. It is an easy read with a myriad of information, including a biblical worldview and Christian educators. Definitely a Keeper! An educator, graduate, and post-graduate resource.

When I was asked to read this text for my Fundamental of Philosophy class I was not thrilled, but now I am half way through and I am convinced that every educator must read this book.The shipping process was fast and the book was in excellent condition.

Excellent book. I would highly recommend it. I was introduced to it as a required book for a Philosophy of Education class but I continue to reference to book.

I had to read this as part of a course that I am taking and am pleased that I purchased it.