Liberalism, Human Values and Schools As Microcosms of Society - Rediscovering Education for a Moral Future

This seminal volume provides an accessible overview of key ethical and philosophical debates surrounding contemporary education policy, advocating for a future in education that is primarily driven by prioritizing social values.

List of contents

Introduction
PART I Philosophy's Fall from Grace
Chapter 1. From Plato to Rousseau to Piaget and Dewey. Do teachers today still need to be philosophers?
PART II Means and Ends in Education
Chapter 2. Freedom versus Authority and Knowledge versus Experience. Should schools be putting ideas in - or drawing them out?
Chapter 3. Means and ends in education: Do calls for more maths really add up?
Chapter 4. From Froebel to Google: Integrated Education and the importance of creative play.
PART III Liberalism and Human Values
Chapter 5. The limits of individualism and the struggle to reconcile the aims of social equality with free development
Chapter 6. Education in Europe: still divided between Church and State
Chapter 7. Schools and Sex: children on the frontline of gender wars
Chapter 8. Education as the Foundation of a Democratic Society
Afterword: Education matters

About the author

Martin Cohen is Editor of long-standing UK journal The Philosopher and is best known as the author of a number of popular introductions to thinking skills (including 101 Philosophy Problems, Routledge, 2013, now in its fourth edition).

Summary

This seminal volume provides an accessible overview of key ethical and philosophical debates surrounding contemporary education policy, advocating for a future in education that is primarily driven by prioritizing social values.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Cohen, Martin (Editor of ''The Philosopher'') Cohen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032755717
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275571-7
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Curricula, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Multicultural education, Moral & social purpose of education, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Educational strategies and policy