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

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 Ideal
Chapter One: Education as Self-development Chapter Two: Culture, Character and Education
Chapter 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 Values
Chapter Six: From a Public Education to a Public School

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Walter Feinberg is Charles D. Hardie Professor, Emeritus of philosophy of education at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Walter Feinberg, Feinberg Walter, Richards
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781498517249
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1724-9
• Seiten: 164
• Serien: Philosophy and Cultural Identity; Philosophy and Cultural Identi; Philosophy and Cultural Identity
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy