Defending the Value of Education As a Public Good - Philosophical Dialogues on Education and the State

Centred around a philosophical argument for contemporary education as a fundamental good, this edited volume demonstrates the benefits that education brings in a civil and flourishing societal context, while also critiquing the state's role in supporting this educational focus.

List of contents

Introduction Education and the State - Between Past and Future
Part I: Education and the state
Chapter 1. Uncovering education as a practice in its own right
Chapter 2. An optimistic anarchist's guide to education and the state
Chapter 3. Education, ideology and critical thinking
Chapter 4. Educational dimension of acts of political forgiveness
Part II: Balancing the purposes of schooling
Chapter 5. Becoming, knowing, and governing oneself in Erasmus's educational theory and practice
Chapter 6. Competition in education from the perspective of liberalism and liberal education
Chapter 7. Education and democracy nexus: Social media as a 'space' of formation of a sense of responsibility for oneself and for others among young people
Chapter 8. Mind-shift for 21st-Century Education: Entrepreneurism
Part III: The Future of education
Chapter 9. Pedagogy, learning and becoming oneself
Chapter 10. The eclipse of the liberal-democratic state and the future of education
Chapter 11. Reforming the university: considering Niklas Luhmann's remarks
Chapter 12. Doctoral education, the state, and public goods in a changing world
Conclusion

About the author

Katarzyna Wröska is Associate Professor in Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Institute of Education, Poland.
Julian Stern is Professor of Education and Religion, Bishop Grosseteste University, UK.

Summary

Centred around a philosophical argument for contemporary education as a fundamental good, this edited volume demonstrates the benefits that education brings in a civil and flourishing societal context, while also critiquing the state’s role in supporting this educational focus.

Product details

• Authors: Katarzyna (Jagiellonian University Wronska
• Assisted by: Julian Stern (Editor), Stern Julian (Editor), Katarzyna Wrońska (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032471693
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3247169-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher