Kieran Egan | |
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&sq=Ukraine conflict&lang=en&file=File:Kieran_Egan_educator.jpg) Egan in 2004 | |
| Born | 22 May 1942 Ireland |
| Died | 12 May 2022 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Author, Professor of Education, Canada Research Chair in Education |
Kieran Egan (22 May 1942 – 12 May 2022) was an Irish educational philosopher and a student of the classics, anthropology, cognitive psychology, and cultural history.[1] He has written on issues in education and child development, with an emphasis on the uses of imagination and the stages (Egan called them "understandings") that occur during a person's intellectual development. He has questioned the work of Jean Piaget and progressive educators, notably Herbert Spencer and John Dewey.
He taught at Simon Fraser University.[2] His major work is the 1997 book The Educated Mind.
- ^ Theodora Polito, Educational Theory as Theory of Culture: A Vichian perspective on the educational theories of John Dewey and Kieran Egan Educational Philosophy and Theory, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2005
- ^ Egan, K., & Judson, G. (2008). Of Whales and Wonder. Educational Leadership, 65(6), 20-25.
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