Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

Bachelor of Arts degree, child, Clomel Ireland, cognitive development, cognitive tools, Cornell University, education, educational theory, Institute for Comparative Studies, Kieran Egan, Kingston upon Thames, learning theories, Ph.D. program, philosopher, philosophy of education, professor of education, research fellow, Simon Frasier University, somatic understanding, Stanford Graduate School of Education, university graduation

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Kieran Egan was born in 1942 in Clomel, Ireland. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966 from the University of London. After graduating he was employed at the Institute for Comparative Studies in Kingston upon Thames as a research fellow. Egan then began a Ph.D. program in philosophy of education from Stanford Graduate School of Education, but after two years he transferred to Cornell University and completed his degree in 1972.  He then worked at Simon Frasier University as a professor of education.

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