Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Reconstruction of the Philosophy of Education -- 2. John Dewey and the Laboratory School -- 3. Bertrand Russell and the Beacon Hill School -- 4. Alfred North Whitehead and the Rhythm of Education -- 5. The Philosopher as Educator Today -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Author Bio -- Back Cover.

In Philosophers as Educators Brian Patrick Hendley argues that philosophers of edu­cation should reject their preoccupation with defining terms and analyzing concepts and embrace the philosophical task of con­structing general theories of education.  Hendley discusses in detail the educational philosophies of John Dewey, Bertrand Rus­sell, and Alfred North Whitehead. He sees in these men excellent role models that contem­porary philosophers might well follow. Hendley believes that, like these men­tors, philosophers should take a more ac­tive, practical role in education. Dewey and Russell ran their own schools, and Whitehead served as a university admin­istrator and as a member of many com­mittees created to study education.

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