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Radical Schooling for Democracy claims that the ideology of neoliberalism increasingly dominates economic and as a consequence, educational and social life, thus causing formal education to adopt a narrow, rational and economic purpose for all students.
List of contents
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About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgements
Dedication: John Dewey
Poem
Part 1. Thinking Philosophically
1. Trends and tensions of philosophy and sociology
2. Understandings of epistemology
3. Action theory and theorists
4. Creative democracy, ethics, power and control
Part II. Thinking Educationally
1. Education as philosophy of practice
- Philosophy 1: Education as a knowledge discipline
- Philosophy 2. Religion, the sacred and profane
- Philosophy 3. Conservatism, what is or should be
- Philosophy 4. Neoliberalism, capitalism personified
- Philosophy 5. Social Democracy, in practice or in name
- Philosophy 6. Science, explanation or understanding
- Philosophy 7. Marxism, social class and social division
Part III. Thinking Democratically
1. Social class, equity and socio-economic positions
2. Connecting with Indigenous education
3. Teacher education as experience
4.Radical schooling for all
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About the author
Neil Hooley is a Lecturer in the College of Education at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.
Summary
Radical Schooling for Democracy claims that the ideology of neoliberalism increasingly dominates economic and as a consequence, educational and social life, thus causing formal education to adopt a narrow, rational and economic purpose for all students.
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‘Neil Hooley's new book offers a philosophical vision of radical schooling for democracy in terms of criticizing neoliberal and dehumanizing reform of education. It is an outstanding contribution to reconstruct the idea of public education through a comprehensive and fascinating approach to pragmatism and the public good.’- Masamichi Ueno, Professor of Education, Daito Bunka University, Japan
