"What is Philosophy?" and the Terrain of Philosophy

American Philosophical Association
This excellent web site provides basic information on many branches and schools of philosophy.

Philosophy of Education Society
The Philosophy of Education Society is interested in promoting the study of educational philosophy, and exploring areas of agreement between several philosophical approaches. Explore their links to Internet sites of interest.

Materials on the Philosophy of Education
This site, from the Metropolitan Community College in Nebraska, is a fine collection of further readings, including original sources, on the major philosophies of education.

Schools of Educational Philosophy

Great Books Foundation
This organization promotes reading of Great Books and Junior Great Books and offers tutorials for teachers who want to include the Great Books in their classes. You can also find a Great Books discussion group to join.

Great Books Online
This web site is based on the Great Books of the Western World compiled by Maynard Hutchins and Mortimer Adler. It links you to online editions of Great Books chosen by the web site’s author, and includes a message from Mortimer Adler about how the Great Books were chosen.

Core Knowledge
The Resources area web site for E.D. Hirsch, Jr.’s Core Knowledge Foundation offers lesson plans and ideas for teachers who want to adopt the Core Knowledge Approach, as well as a description of the core knowledge that Hirsch believes elementary school teachers must have.

Emile
Download and read Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s influential novel, Emile, for free, in English or French

Jean-Jacques Rousseau on Education
This site provides extensive biographical detail on Rousseau, and examines the influence of Emile and his other writings on education and government.

Romanticist Schools Mentioned in Your Textbook

Summerhill

Sudbury Valley School

Center for Dewey Studies
Link to more information about John Dewey at the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University.

The Influence of Psychological Theories

The Behavioral Approach
This tutorial was developed by a professor at the State University of New York in Cortland, and it provides a good overview of behaviorist theories of learning.

Constructing Knowledge in the Classroom
This 1994 tutorial from the Classroom Compass, published by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory introduces several theories of constructivism and provides examples of their application to science and math.

Constructivism
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development offers this free online tutorial on constructivism.

Your Philosophy of Education

Philosophy: How-To-Do-It Guide
This guide, part of the Pathways to Philosophy distance learning project from Sheffield University in England, aims to prepare you with the toolkit you need to practice philosophy. It also offers a link to the popular "Ask a Philosopher" feature.