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, …
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According to Aristotle, ‘education is the process of creating sound mind in the sound body’. Description: Journal of General Education: A Curricular Commons of the Humanities and Sciences is devoted to the ideas and ideals of scholarship that enlighten the understanding of curriculum that reaches beyond disciplinary and professional concentrations to provide an undergraduate educational commons.