Soltis, Jonas F.

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SOLTIS, Jonas F.

SOLTIS, Jonas F. American, b. 1931. Genres: Education, Philosophy. Career: Instructor in History and Philosophy, University of Connecticut, Waterbury, 1958-60; instructor in education, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1962-64; Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA, consultant, 1965-68; Columbia University, Teachers College, assistant professor, 1964-68, associate professor, 1968-71, professor, 1971-78, William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Philosophy and Education, 1978-92, professor emeritus, 1992-; Teachers College Record, ed.; Teachers College Press, consultant, 1992-. Publications: Seeing, Knowing, and Believing: A Study in the Language of Visual Perception, 1966; An Introduction to the Analysis of Educational Concepts, 1968; (with K. Strike) The Ethics of Teaching, 1985, 3rd ed., 1998; (with D.C. Phillips) Perspectives on Learning, 1985, 3rd ed., 1998; (with W. Feinberg) School and Society, 1985, 3rd ed., 1998; (with D. Walker) Curriculum and Aims, 1986, 3rd ed., 1998; (with G. Fenstermacher) Approaches to Teaching, 1986, 3rd ed., 1998; (with K. Strike and E. Haller) The Ethics of School Administration, 1989, 2nd ed., 1998. EDITOR: (with B. Chazan) Moral Education, 1973; Philosophy of Education since Mid-Century, 1981; Philosophy and Education: Eightieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1981; Reforming Teacher Education, 1987.