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Professor Douglas Kellner
Winter Quarter 1998
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 Education & Philosophy

Plato           Rousseau            Wollstonecraft           Dewey            Freire

biographies       e-texts         commentary        links

 

Biographies

 Brief essay on Plato's life and work 
 Biography along with a summary of Plato's thought. 
 Another account of Plato and his dialogues 
  "A Short Biography of Plato"
 Hypertext encyclopedia entry 
 Plato: an overview 

E-texts

 The Republic indexed hypertext version 
 The Dialogues of Plato at the MIT Classics Archive 
 The Cave  --The Republic Book VII  (514a - 521b) 
 Plain text versions of dialogues via ftp from books.com 
 Hypertext versions of dialogues annotated, in English 
 Hypertext versions of dialogues annotated, in GREEK 

 

Links

 Plato and His Dialogues homepage 
 Quotations from Plato plus classics & philosophy links 
 The 4th Tetralogy:  Exploring Plato's Middle Dialogues 
 Presocratic linksfeaturing Thales and Heraclitus 
 Links to text archives and individual works 
 Illustrated introduction:  "Plato for the Young Inquirer" 
 The Perseus Project an amazing website and resource 
  Plato
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Biographies

 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Swiss/French Philosopher 
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau a short biography 
 Rousseau and the European Enlightenment 
 J-J Rousseau The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia 
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Philosopher All-Stars 

E-texts

 Confessions  downloadable text: 1.2 Mb 
 Emile Book II 
 "The Creed of a Savoyard Priest" from Emile 
 Discourse on Inequality 
 Discours sur l'économie politique in French 
 Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire in French 

Links

 Excerpts from The Social Contract 
 Infoseek:  Rousseau and the French Enlightenment 
The Jean-Jacques Rousseau Society 
M. Rousseau, citoyen de Genève French portrait page 

 

 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Biographies

 The Famous Feminist:  Mary Wollstonecraft 
 Wollstonecraft time line 
 Good bio from a page on Mary Shelly 
 Wollstonecraft: Philosopher All-Stars 

E-texts

 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 
 Maria or The Wrongs of Woman 

Links

 The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft 
 Library of Congress citations 
 The Wollstonecraft Homepage 

 

 

 Mary Wollstonecraft
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Biographies

John Dewey The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia 
Chronology of John Dewey's life and work 
Dewey at the University of Michigan BIbl, ill. Part I 
"The Birth of Pragmatism" Dewey at Michigan, Part II 
Dewey and Progressive Education 
Dewey and Informal Education 
"The Intellectual Legacy of John Dewey" 

E-texts

Demcracy and Education 
The School and Society 

Links 

The Center for Dewey Studies 
John Dewey:  "Art as Our Heritage", 1940 Sound File 
Short annotated reading list Center for Dewey Studies 
An assortment of John Dewey links 
 John Dewey
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Biographies

 
Biography; summary of Freirean pedagogy; links 
Bibliography of works by Paolo Freire in English 
"Who is Paolo Freire"
 Thorough biography and presentation of Freire's ideas
 

Commentary

 
Freire Inspired Programs in the United States
 Freirean ideas in the context of US literacy programs
 
"Critical Views of Paulo Freire's Work" indexed by topic
 Comments by noted scholars & educators on Freire's work
 

Links

 
 Special Section: Paulo Freire, 1921-1927
  The Journal of Pedagagy, Pluralism & Practice
 
Portuguese links 

 
Paolo Freire
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