The genesis of philosophy can be observed across a wide range of human interests such as religion, creative arts, education and economy. Noddings’ contribution to education philosophy centers around the ethic of care Her belief was that a caring teacher-student relationship will result in the teacher designing a differentiated curriculum for each student, and that this curriculum would be based around the students’ particular interests and needs.
In addition there are numerous volumes both of reprinted selections and of specially commissioned essays on specific topics, some of which were given short shrift here (for another sampling see A. Rorty 1998, Stone 1994), and several international journals, including Theory and Research in Education, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Educational Theory, Studies in Philosophy and Education, and Educational Philosophy and Theory.
Touching on key points in history, this valuable collection of chapters accurately appraises the global decline of philosophy of education in …