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