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Informationen zum Autor Joel Spring is Professor at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His major research interests are history of education, globalization and education, multicultural education, Native American culture, the politics of education, and human rights education. He is the author of over twenty scholarly volumes and textbooks. Klappentext Analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to human rights regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. The goal of this book is to explore how governments use education to control and manage their populations! and to examine different forms of education. Zusammenfassung Analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to human rights regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. The goal of this book is to explore how governments use education to control and manage their populations, and to examine different forms of education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One AUTOCRATIC AND DEMOCRATIC FORMS OF EDUCATION Chapter 1 Education and the Authoritarian State Chapter 2 Education and the Modern Authoritarian State: The Soviet Union and the Democratic People= s Republic of Korea (North Korea) Chapter 3 Authority and Education in a Democratic State Part Two DISSENTING TRADITIONS IN EDUCATION Chapter 4 Traditions of Dissent to Government Education Chapter 5 Free Schools Chapter 6 Free Space and No Schools Part Three THE POLITICS OF CULTURE Chapter 7 Cultural Unity and Cultural Literacy Chapter 8 National or World Cultures? Part Four THE POLITICS OF GENDER Chapter 9 Classical Liberalism and the Politics of Gender Chapter 10 Reason and Motherhood Part Five EDUCATION AND EQUALITY OF POLITICAL POWER Chapter 11 Liberation Education: Pedagogy of the Oppressed Chapter 12 Human Rights Education
