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Reimagining liberal education : affiliation and inquiry in democratic schooling / Hanan Alexander.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Hanan A., 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy and education.
- Education--Aims and objectives.
- Education.
- Education--Philosophy.
- Education, Humanistic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This challenging and provocative book reimagines the justification, substance, process, and study of education in open, pluralistic, liberal democratic societies.Hanan Alexander argues that educators need to enable students to embark on a quest for intelligent spirituality, while paying heed to a pedagogy of difference. Through close analysis of the work of such thinkers as William James, Charles Taylor, Elliot Eisner, Michael Oakeshott, Isaiah Berlin, Martin Buber, Michael Apple and Terrence McLaughlin, Reimagining Liberal Education offers an account of school curriculum and moral and religious instruction that throws new light on the possibilities of a nuanced, rounded education for citizenship. Divided into three parts - Transcendental Pragmatism in Educational Research, Pedagogy of Difference and the Other Face of Liberalism, and Intelligent Spirituality in the Curriculum, this is a thrilling work of philosophy that builds upon the author's award-winning text Reclaiming Goodness: Education and the Spiritual Quest."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Prologue1. Schools Without FaithPart II: Transcendental Pragmatism in Educational Research2. A View from Somewhere3. Aesthetics Inquiry in Education4. Traditions of Inquiry in EducationPart III: Pedagogy of Difference and the Other Face of Liberalism5. Education in Ideology6. Literacy and the Education of Citizens7. What is Common about Common Schooling?Part IV: Intelligent Spirituality in the Curriculum8. Human Agency and the Curriculum9. Moral Education in Liberal Democracy10. Religious Initiation in Liberal Democracy Part V: Epilogue 11. To the Truth, Roughly Speaking12. Spirituality, Morality, and Criticism in EducationNotesBibliographyIndex.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781441161581
- 1441161589
- 9781441167644
- 1441167641
- 9781501302534
- 1501302531
- 9781441183446
- 1441183442
- OCLC:
- 956524693
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