Dewey, Russell, Whitehead: Philosophers as Educators

In Philosophers as Educators Brian Patrick Hendley argues that philosophers of edu cation should reject their preoccupation with defining terms and analyzing concepts and embrace the philosophical task of con structing general theories of education. Hendley discusses in detail the educational philosophies of John Dewey, Bertrand Rus sell, and Alfred North Whitehead. He sees in these men excellent role models that contem porary philosophers might well follow. Hendley believes that, like these men tors, philosophers should take a more ac tive, practical role in education. Dewey and Russell ran their own schools, and Whitehead served as a university admin istrator and as a member of many com mittees created to study education.