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Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books
Aline Nardo, "Evolutionary Theory and Education" (Brill, 2025)
New Books in Biology and Evolution
1 hour 6 minutes
3 months ago
Aline Nardo, "Evolutionary Theory and Education" (Brill, 2025)
How has evolutionary theory shaped educational thinking over the past two centuries? ‘Evolutionary Theory and Education: The Influence of Evolutionary Thinking on Educational Theory and Philosophy’ (Brill, 2025) explores the considerable but under-appreciated influence of evolutionary ideas on educational theory and the philosophy of education. The book reveals the interplay between educational and evolutionary perspectives along the concepts of ‘adaptation’, ‘selection’, ‘inheritance’, and ‘progress’. It tracks these ideas across the works of various influential educational thinkers, including Herbert Spencer, Jean Piaget, John Dewey and Lev Vygotsky, and examines their continuing significance for how we understand and practice education today.
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New Books in Biology and Evolution
Interviews with biologists and evolutionary scientists about their new books
