The common school and the comprehensive ideal : a defence by Richard Pring with complementary essays / edited by Mark Halstead and Graham Haydon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pring, Richard.

Halstead, Mark.

Haydon, Graham.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public schools--United States.

Public schools.

United States.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Physical Description:

xii, 339 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.

Summary:

What today is the place of the common school? What remains of the comprehensive ideal? In the face of the social and cultural change that globalisation brings, these questions gain a new urgency. They invite consideration of the most fundamental issues concerning future educational provision: What is the purpose of our schools, and what should we do in them? This collection of essays, by leading philosophers and educationalists specialising in these matters, provides answers to these questions. The opening keynote defence of the ideal by leading philosopher of education Richard Pring expresses insights that have been refined over some four decades, during which time he has followed the fate of the comprehensive system and been a staunch supporter of the common school. His measured, Dewey-inspired assessment of the current scene combines with a perspective on change that is both enlightening and provocative. The complementary essays engage with questions that he raises under five themes: defending and questioning the comprehensive ideal; common schools in multicultural societies; common schools and religion; school choice and the comprehensive ideal; and common schools and inclusion.

The collection is dedicated to the memory of Terence H. McLaughlin, whose tireless pursuit of the philosophical questions and challenges raised by the common school and the comprehensive ideal is emulated in these pages.

Contents:

1 The Common School / Richard Pring 1

Part I Defending and Questioning the Comprehensive Ideal

2 In Search of the Comprehensive Ideal: By Way of an Introduction / Graham Haydon 23

3 On the Necessity of Radical State Education: Democracy and the Common School / Michael Fielding 38

4 Common Schooling and the Need for Distinction / Robin Barrow 57

5 Educational Justice and Socio-Economic Segregation in Schools / Harry Brighouse 72

Part II Common Schools in Multicultural Societies

6 Culture and the Common School / Walter Feinberg 91

7 What is Common about Common Schooling? Rational Autonomy and Moral Agency in Liberal Democratic Education / Hanan Alexander 108

8 Common Schools and Multicultural Education / Meira Levinson 124

9 What Not To Wear: Dress Codes and Uniform Policies in the Common School / Dianne Gereluk 141

Part III Common Schools and Religion

10 Religious Education, Religious Literacy and Common Schooling: A Philosophy and History of Skewed Reflection / David Carr 157

11 Religious Worldviews and the Common School: The French Dilemma / Kevin Williams 171

12 Common Schools and Uncommon Conversations: Education, Religious Speech and Public Spaces / Kenneth A. Strike 189

Part IV School Choice and the Comprehensive Ideal

13 How and Why to Support Common Schooling and Educational Choice at the Same Time / Rob Reich 207

14 From Adam Swift to Adam Smith: How the 'Invisible Hand' Overcomes Middle Class Hypocrisy / James Tooley 224

15 School Choice, Brand Loyalty and Civic Loyalty / Mary Healy 238

Part V Common Schools and Inclusion

16 Capability and Educational Equality: The Just Distribution of Resources to Students with Disabilities and Special Educational Needs / Lorella Terzi 255

17 A Question of Universality: Inclusive Education and the Principle of Respect / Ruth Cigman 272

18 The 'Futures' of Queer Children and the Common School Ideal / Kevin McDonough 291

19 'Lookism', Common Schools, Respect and Democracy / Andrew Davis 306

20 In Place of a Conclusion: The Common School and the Melting Pot / J. Mark Halstead 322.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781405187381

1405187387

OCLC:

233591828