Education and the Ontological Question - Addressing a Missing Dimension

This book identifies and expands upon the link between ontology and education, exposing a lack of ontological inquiry as the vital missing element in the study and practice of modern education today. In this book, Roy aims to reintroduce ontological thinking and reasoning that grounds historical and modern educational understandings and practice. Beginning with a historical perspective, he then turns to examine the results of his scholarship into practical concerns of education such as language, dialogue, and curriculum: ultimately proposing a new way forward emphasizing a balance in the education effort between epistemic content and ontological disclosure.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Education and Ontological Amnesia.- 2. Being in Antiquity.- 3. Being in the Present Age.- 4. Being in Practice.- 5. Language of Being.- 6. Creative Being.- 7. Epilogue.

Product details

• Authors: Kaustuv Roy
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2019
• EAN: 9783030111779
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3011177-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 20 mm x 218 mm
• Weight: 444 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 232 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; B, Education, Learning, Ontology, philosophy of education, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Learning & Instruction, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching skills & techniques, Instruction, Educational Philosophy, Education—Philosophy, Philosophy and social sciences