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The article focuses on the book "Theaetetus" of Plato which offers the opportunity to consider epistemology in ways that importantly explore the meaning of student and teacher. It explores the Socrates-as-midwife motif and the overall marginalization of Forms in the dialogue and underscores the representational nature of the characters in the dialogue and the part they play in student formation. It also mentions "Theaetetus" as an aporetic dialogue about formation over Forms.

The article focuses on the philosophy of education and commercialism. Topics discussed include the novels "Tragic Sense of Life" and "Love and Pedagogy," by Miguel de Unamuno, the legislative logic on funding for universities and colleges, and the development of anti-meliorist cynicism. It also mentioned the importance of engaging with practitioners and policy-makers.

In the early 1970s, Thomas Colwell argued for an 'ecological basis [for] human community.' He suggested that 'naturalistic transactionalism' was being put forward by some ecologists and some philosophers of education, but independently of each other. He suspected that ecologists were working on their own versions of naturalistic transactionalism independently of John Dewey. In this essay, Deron Boyles examines Colwell's central claim as well as his lament as a starting point for a larger inquiry into Dewey's thought. Boyles explores the following questions: First, was and is there a dearth of literature regarding Dewey as an ecological philosopher? Second, if a literature exists, what does it say? Should Dewey be seen as biocentric, anthropocentric, or something else entirely? Finally, of what importance are the terms and concepts in understanding and, as a result, determining Dewey's ecological thought in relation to education? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author seeks clarification about the unintended outcomes of consumerism and raises several questions regarding the metaphysics of education and simulation provided by philosopher Jean Baudrillard. The author agrees that there is a common consumerist language among students that is less valuable compared to earth science literacy. He wonders about the outcome of the potential for student action if students' knowledge of their world is marginalized or subsumed in hierarchies better and worse literacies.

Comments on the views advanced by David Granger in his article discussing positivistic educational policy in the United States. Skepticism of Granger on the general value of standardization in education; Discussion on the tension between the concepts positivism and skepticism; Views of education philosopher John Dewey.