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Newell compares the fundamental assumptions of five major worldviews of education and their implications for classroom practice, incorporating history and case studies and posing questions about the limits and benefits of employing each today.

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1. Introduction: Why Learn about Paradigms of Education? 2. Traditional Paradigm of Education 3. Plato the Revolutionary 4. The Empirical Paradigm 5. Rousseau´s Paradigm 6. Jesus´ Paradigm Summary: What is "Education"?

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Ted Newell is Associate Professor, Education at Crandall University, Canada.

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