What Is a Public Education and Why We Need It - A Philosophical Inquiry Into Self Development, Cultural Commitment,

Informationen zum Autor Walter Feinberg is Charles D. Hardie Professor, Emeritus of philosophy of education at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Klappentext This book brings the idea of a public—defined in part as the quality of communication among strangers—back into focus. The benefits of doing this are many, but perhaps the most important are to adjust our understanding of what is good teaching and to widen our understanding of what counts as central to the educational process. Zusammenfassung This book brings the idea of a public—defined in part as the quality of communication among strangers—back into focus. The benefits of doing this are many, but perhaps the most important are to adjust our understanding of what is good teaching and to widen our understanding of what counts as central to the educational process. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: A Public Education as Critical Aspirational IdealChapter One: Education as Self-development Chapter Two: Culture, Character and EducationChapter Three: The Education of Cultural Strangers: The Idea of a Public Education Chapter Four: Public Values and the Civic GoodChapter Five: The Construction and Stabilization of Public ValuesChapter Six: From a Public Education to a Public School

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Walter Feinberg
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781498517225
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1722-5
• Seiten: 154
• Serien: Philosophy and Cultural Identity; Philosophy and Cultural Identi; Philosophy and Cultural Identity
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Sonstiges