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Commonwealth Publishers Contemporary Conception of Education 287pp 2023 by V K Rao and R S Reddy
This book makes no claimto originality in any strict sense of the word. Educational theory has engagedthe attention of many keen minds for too long to lay claim to original thoughthere. Contemporary Conceptions Of Education presents essays that deal directly with themanifold issues of contemporary education by synthesizing in a fresh manner andas such lays claim to a certain novelty of conception and development. It offersmoreover several specific features to which the reader's attention should bedrawn. The theory of education is treated as a subject to study in its own rightand is not regarded as a practical application of or education from systems ofgeneral philosophy. Here and there the argument commits itself to positionsrepresentative of philosophical schools, such as pragmatism, realism, and existentialism. This method, however, is regarded as a weakness in the theoryitself and is treated as such. Finally this book provides an introduction totheoretical foundations for those with no previous knowledge of philosophy. Theapproach is systematic and descriptive stressing the importance of educatorssearching for adequate theory and by no stretch of the imagination ignoring atheory's shortcomings.