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Why do we educate? : renewing the conversation / editors for volume one, David L. Coulter, John R. Wiens ; series editor, Gary D. Fenstermacher.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education ; 107th, pt. 1.
- Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 0077-5762 ; 107th, pt. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education.
- Democracy and education.
- Education--Philosophy.
- Education--United States.
- Education--Aims and objectives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, Mass. : NSSE, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book reflects the editors; concerns that too many public discussions of education are dominated by too few ideas, and is intended to serve as a kind of handbook for those who wish to enter the conversation about educationA work of impressive scholarship accessible to the general readerA unique collection of essays written by internationally recognized and emerging thinkers from the field of education and related disciplinesContributors, among others, include Anthony Appiah (Princeton); Seyla Benhabib (Yale); Eamonn Callan (Stanford); Joseph Dunne (St. Patrick's College, Ir
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Joining the conversation
- pt. 2. Creating common and uncommon worlds
- pt. 3. Horizons of significance
- pt. 4. Imagining and becoming : education as lifelong and lifewide.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786612139017
- 9781282139015
- 1282139010
- 9781444307214
- 1444307215
- 9781444307221
- 1444307223
- OCLC:
- 437112339
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