Imitation and Education
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Imitation and Education

A Philosophical Inquiry into Learning by Example

  1. 178 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Imitation and Education

A Philosophical Inquiry into Learning by Example

About this book

Brings together current research in philosophy, cognitive science, and education to uncover and criticize the traditional assumptions of how and why we should learn through imitation.

Imitation and Education provides an in-depth reassessment of learning by example that places imitation in a larger social context. It is the first book to bring together ancient educational thought and startling breakthroughs in the fields of cognitive science, psychology, and philosophy to reconsider how we learn from the lives of others. Bryan R. Warnick addresses how we become exemplars, analyzes how exemplars inspire imitation, and assesses the meaning and value of imitation in education and society, including how teachers can better use examples and what should be done about problems such as the imitation of media violence. Warnick constructs a provocative, cautionary, yet hopeful account of learning by example that acknowledges the power of social contexts in shaping human lives.

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Table of contents

  1. Imitation and Education
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1. The Problems of Imitation and Human Exemplarity
  5. 2. The Historical Tradition of Human Exemplarity
  6. 3. How Do People Become Examples?
  7. 4. How Do Examples Bring Out Imitation?
  8. 5. The Social Meanings of Imitation
  9. 6. Imitation, Exemplarity,and Moral Reason
  10. 7. How Can We Evaluate Human Exemplars?
  11. 8. A Social Analysis of Exemplarity and Imitation
  12. Notes
  13. References
  14. Index