Includes case studies that engage students in debates about what really happens in classrooms. This book encourages students to test the strengths and weaknesses of each theory so that, ultimately, they will learn to formulate their own philosophies of teaching and learning.

D. C. Phillips is Professor of Education and Philosophy Emeritus, School of Education at Stanford University. Jonas F. Soltis is William Heard Kilpatrick Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.