Education Team/Resources

The knowledge base for Education includes links to a variety of materials that are important for understanding where we are and where we might be going.

Resources

• Libraries
• Journals
• Popular press
• Book publishers
• Organizations
• Ministries of Education: Curricula, textbook standards, teacher training
• Teacher training: Schools of Education, On-the-job training, continuing education

Theories of Knowledge and Understanding

• Epistemologies: How do we know, or do we?
• Ontologies
• Ethics
• Psychology
• Neurology

History of Educational Thought and Practice

• Traditional cultures: rites of passage, formal and informal learning, ...
• Ancient civilizations: Greece, China, India...
• The Catholic Church: Dark Ages, Carolingian schools, teaching orders, the rise of the Universities, the Counter-Reformation
• Other Christian theories: Lutheran, Calvinist, Quaker (Friends), Anabaptist...
• Scientific study: Montessori, Gattegno, Piaget...
• Computers in education

Studies of Educational Methods

• Saul Rockman
• Larry Cuban, Oversold and Underused
• Tom Russell, No Significant Difference Phenomenon Wib site and book
• Richard Rorty

Theories of Education

• Tradition
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Dogma
• Craft guilds: Apprentices, journeymen, and masters
• Social control
• Liberal education
• Prussia
• Dewey
• Montessori
• Piaget and Vygotsky
• John Holt
• Papert and Kay

Child Development

• Physical development
• Languages
• Social development
• Learning disabilities and talents
• Understanding of the world

Subject matter

• Agriculture
• Hunting
• Combat and command
• Religion
• Conflict and negotiation
• Business, finance
• Economics
• Math
• Science
• Logic
• Speaking
• Physical sciences
• Biology
• Social sciences
• History
• Geography
• Languages and literature
• Art
• Music

Educational Technology

• Reading and writing, print, online
• Lectures (originally dictation)
• Film and video
• Photographs
• Sound recordings
• Computers and software tools: programming languages, content creation, human language support, standards, Free/Open Source Software
• Distance learning