Education Team/Resources
The knowledge base for Education will include links to a variety of materials that are important for understanding where we are and where we might be going.
Resources
- EducationTeam/Education Biblographies
- Libraries
- Journals
- EducationTeam/Evaluation Studies
- 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: William James, John Dewoy, Montessori, Gattegno, Piaget...
- Computers in education: Omar Khayyam Moore (sic), Ken Iverson, Howard Peelle, Seymour Papert and Constructionism, Alan Kay
Studies of Educational Methods
- Saul Rockman
- Larry Cuban, Oversold and Underused
- Tom Russell, No Significant Difference Phenomenon Web 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