Ronald S Laura

Biographic Data

ID4324739
NAMERonald S Laura
GIVEN NAMESRonald S
FAMILY NAMELaura
SIGNATURELAURA R S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Newcastle Australia
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX2

  • The technologisation of education

    Ronald S Laura, Amy ChapmanARTICLEInternational Journal of Children…2009

    If there is a salient defining condition of the modern age, it must surely be our tenacious belief in technology. We shall argue that our insatiable infatuation with the computer or ‘compuphilia’, as we herein dub it, represents a serious and growing threat to the mental health of school children. Computers may make communication easier, but they also ensure it is less intimate and more detached. A considerable literature is now accumulating to s…

  • Religious ‘Doctrines’ and the Closure of Minds

    Open AccessMichael Leahy, Ronald S LauraARTICLEJournal of Philosophy of Education1997

    In a recent essay, Tasos Kazepides has used the later Wittgenstein’s account of religious beliefs as either ‘superstitions’ or non-rational to condemn such beliefs as ‘doctrines’. By this term he means teachings which close minds to alternative truth-claims. In this paper we criticise his interpretation and use of Wittgenstein and argue that, far from closing minds, an appropriate education in religious beliefs can open minds to possible realms o…

  • Religious Upbringing and Rational Autonomy

    Open AccessRonald S Laura, Michael LeahyARTICLEJournal of Philosophy of Education1989Cited by: 3

    Journal Article Religious Upbringing and Rational Autonomy Get access Ronald S Laura, Ronald S Laura Correspondence: Ronald S. Laura & Michael Leahy, Department of Education, University of Newcastle, Rankin Drive, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Leahy Michael Leahy Correspondence: Ronald S. Laura & Michael Leahy, Department of Education, University of Newcastle, Rank…

  • New frontiers in the philosophy of science and new age education

    Ronald S LauraARTICLEEducational Philosophy and Theory1988References: 2

  • The Philosophical Foundations of Medical Education

    Ronald S LauraARTICLEEducational Philosophy and Theory1985

    (1985). The Philosophical Foundations of Medical Education* Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 29-43

  • To Educate or To Indoctrinate

    Ronald S LauraARTICLEEducational Philosophy and Theory1983Cited by: 4References: 1

    (1983). To Educate or To Indoctrinate: That is Still the Question. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 43-55

  • The Philosophical Foundations of Science Education

    Ronald S LauraARTICLEEducational Philosophy and Theory1981Cited by: 2

    (1981). The Philosophical Foundations of Science Education. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1-13

  • Reality therapy—a critical examination

    Open AccessScott L Frazier, Ronald S LauraARTICLEPastoral Psychology1972References: 1

  • A Logical Treatment of Some Upanisadic Puzzles and Changing Conceptions of Sacrifice

    Thomas G Goman, Ronald S LauraARTICLENumen1972

    AB Aitareya brahmana Ait Aitareya UpaniShad ApS Apastamba srautasutra AV Atharvaveda samhita BU Brihad-arinyaka Upanishad BYV Black Yajur Veda see TS CU Chandogya Upanishad H Heestermann, Ancient Indian.. Hume Hume's translation of the UpaniShads Kaus Kaushitaki Upanishad M Miiller's translation of the Upanishads ManS Manava srautasutra Mun Mundaka Upanishad PB Pancavimsa brahmana R Radhakrishnan's translation of the Upanishads RV Rigveda Sank Sa…