The Aims of Education (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Marples, Roger

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Here international philosophers of education explore and question diverse strains of the liberal tradition, discussing not only autonomy but other key issues such as: * social justice * national identity * curriculum * critical thinking * social practices. The contributors write from a variety of standpoints, offering many interpretations of what liberalism might mean in educational terms.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134728244
• Artikelnr.: 38255611

Autorenporträt

Roger Marples is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the Roehampton Institute, London, where he has overall responsibility for the degree in Education. He has extensive teaching experience and served on the Associated Examining Board's Working Party on Philosophy, which successfully pioneered A Level Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of Contributors Preface 1. Aims! Whose Aims? Kevin
Harris 2. Or what's heaven for? The Importance of Aims in Education Robin
Barrow 3. The Aims of Education and the Philosophy of Education: The
Pathology of an Argument Peter Gilroy 4. Education Without Aims Paul
Standish 5. Liberalism, Citizenship and the Private Interest in Schooling
Kenneth Strike 6. Liberalism and Critical Thinking: On the Relation between
Political Ideal and an Aim of Education Ben Spiecker and Jan Steutel 7.
Autonomy as an Educational Aim Christopher Winch 8. Critical Thinking as an
Aim of Education William Hare 9. The Place of National Identity in the Aims
of Education Penny Enslin 10. Self Determination as an Educational Aim
James Walker 11. The Nature of Educational Aims Paul Hirst 12. Well-Being
as an Aim of Education Roger Marples 13. Aiming for a Fair Education: What
Use if Philosophy? Morwenna Griffiths 14. Neglected Educational Aims: Moral
Seriousness and Social Commitment Richard Pring 15. Reality and Illusion in
Rational Curriculum Planning David Carr 16. In Defence of Liberal Aims in
Education John White