Architect of Mind: A Philosophical Guide for Educators

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Every teacher already carries a philosophy. Most have never been shown where it came from, or what else is available.The Architect of Mind draws on the most influential thinkers in the history of education - from Socrates to Freire, from Piaget to Confucius - and translates their ideas into the practical wisdom of the modern classroom. Spanning thousands of years of human thought, from ancient Athens to twenty-first century neuroscience, each of the book's fifty-one chapters examines one philosophical framework through a distinct character: The Cartographer, The Guardian, The Healer, The Anarchist, The Mirror.Each chapter is a lens. Together, they become a way of seeing.The goal is phronesis - Aristotle's practical wisdom: the capacity to perceive what this particular student, in this particular moment, needs, and to reach for the framework that illuminates it. This book gives you the lenses. The wisdom is yours to develop."Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate conformity, or it becomes the practice of freedom." - Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1970)

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