List the priority tasks needed to improve this article.

  1. Too much space dedicated to some/many of the people mentioned in the article, especially when/if there is a wikilink to a main article on said person/s. Content in this article should be a summary of what is developed elsewhere. (See "Meatball Surgery" below).
  2. decide what to do with idealism, realism, pragmatism, existentialism, objectivism, Marxism, postmodernism, Cognitivism, and Humanism
  3. develop list of missing philosophers
  4. move theorists to Education Theory
  5. move educational movements to correct division: Behaviorism (philosophy of education), Cognitivism (philosophy of education), Humanism (philosophy of education), and Constructivism (philosophy of education)
  6. Fix the Plato section, as specified in the comments below The section on Plato is terrible: it equates the speculations of the Republic with a polished, finalized idea. Any time after 28 February 2008, merge in the Education theory article if there are no critical responses. (Objection. See below discussion).
  7. Someone suggested that we add a description of the "philosophy of education based on analytical school of philosophy". If someone knows what that's about, feel free.
  8. The lead needs a major re-write as per Wikipedia:Lead section.
  9. The Wikipedia article on this subject should include at least all the educators mentioned in the UNESCO-IBE profiles
  10. move Essentialism, Progressivism, Perennialism, Existentialism to Epistemology
  11. Complete redline articles linked to this page.
  12. Check citations

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