 | The Collected Dialogues of Plato: Including the Letters (Bollingen Series LXXI) by Plato
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 | Against Academicians and the Teacher by St. Augustine
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 | The Praise of Folly (Great Minds) by Desiderius Erasmus
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 | Some Thoughts Concerning Education (Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke) by John Locke
Buy new: $110.00 / Used from: $21.50 John Locke was a genius - in this work on educational theory, he sets forth a progressive view of educational instruction. Well worth reading for everyone, especially for potential teachers.
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 | Emile (Everyman's Library) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.95 The individual v. the community - how does one train individuals to be good citizens?
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 | The Idea of a University by John Henry Newman
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 | William James : Writings 1878-1899 : Psychology, Briefer Course / The Will to Believe / Talks to Teachers and Students / Essays (Library of America) by William James
Buy new: $27.05 / Used from: $17.43 One of the most important philosophers in American History - and one of the best educational theorists.
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 | William James : Writings 1902-1910 : The Varieties of Religious Experience / Pragmatism / A Pluralistic Universe / The Meaning of Truth / Some Problems of Philosophy / Essays (Library of America) by William James
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $17.49 Pragmatism is a classic in American Philosophy - this is required reading in my classes in American History.
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 | The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography (Oxford World's Classics) by Henry Adams
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.26 Probably the most important thinker on the list - why? Ch. 20: "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." Introduced the Socratic Seminar method at Harvard.
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 | Democracy And Education by John Dewey
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 | Experience And Education by John Dewey
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 | Moral Principles (Arcturus Books, Ab128) by John Dewey
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 | Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Buy new: $11.81 / Used from: $8.15 Challenges the traditional idea of the banking concept in educational pedagogy - teachers are not experts who fill students minds with information, use the subject matter to teach critical thinking.
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 | Reforming Education: The Opening of American Mind by Mortimer J. Adler
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 | Paideia Proposal by Mortimer J. Adler
Buy new: $10.00 / Used from: $3.15 Important work arguing for a traditional liberal education - teach the great ideas / do away with lecturing / challenge students to think for themselves - ALL teachers should read this.
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 | Aims of Education by Alfred North Whitehead
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 | Dead Poets Society
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 | Good Will Hunting (Miramax Collector's Series)
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 | Mr. Holland's Opus
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 | Lean on Me
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 | Stand and Deliver
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 | The Emperor's Club (Widescreen Edition)
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 | The Power of One
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 | Finding Forrester
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