The philosophy of education is the study of the purpose, process, nature and ideals of education. This can be within the context of education as a societal institution or more broadly as the process of human existential growth, i.e. how it is that our understanding of the world is continually transformed (be it from facts, social customs, experiences, or even our own emotions).

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[ Educational Philosophies ] [ Plato ] [ Aristotle ] [ Rousseau ]
[ Rudolf Steiner ] [ B.F. Skinner ] [ Maria Montessori ]
[ Paulo Freire ] [ Neil Postman and the Inquiry Mind ]
[ John Taylor Gatto ]
[ Critical Responses and Counter-Philosophies ]

Alternative Assessment: In the education industry, alternative assessment or portfolio assessment is in direct contrast to what is known as performance evaluation, traditional assessment, standardized assessment or summative assessment.

Anti-Oppressive Education: Anti-oppressive education is premised on the notion that many traditional and commonsense ways of engaging in "education" actually contribute to oppression in schools and society.

Anti-racist Mathematics: Branch of education reform theory which attempts to form an anti-bias curriculum in mathematics.

Critical Pedagogy: Teaching approach which attempts to help students question and challenge domination, and the beliefs and practices that dominate.

Educational Essentialism: Theory that states that children should learn the traditional basic subjects and that these should be learned thoroughly and rigorously.

Holistic Education: Philosophy of education based on the premise that each person finds identity, meaning, and purpose in life through connections to the community, to the natural world, and to spiritual values such as compassion and peace.

Inclusion: Practice in special education of placing children with disabilities into the general classrooms of elementary and secondary schools, either all or most of the time.

Inclusive Classroom: Refers to schools, centers of learning and educational systems that are open to all children, and that ensure that all children learn and participate.

International Education: Education that transcends national borders through the exchange of people, as in study abroad. Comprehensive approach to education that intentionally prepares students to be active and engaged participants in an interconnected world.

Paideia Proposal: K-12 educational reform plan developed by Mortimer Adler.

Queer Pedagogy: Explores the intersection between queer theory and critical pedagogy.

Sensitive Periods: A sensitive period is very easy for children to acquire certain abilities, such as language, discrimination of sensory stimuli, and mental modeling of the environment.