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What is a public education and why we need it : a philosophical inquiry into self-development, cultural commitment, and public engagement / by Walter Feinberg.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feinberg, Walter, 1937- author.
- Series:
- Philosophy and Cultural Identity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public schools--United States.
- Public schools.
- Education--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (156 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, [Maryland] : Lexington Books, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book brings the idea of a public-defined in part as the quality of communication among strangers-back into focus. The benefits of doing this are many, but perhaps the most important are to adjust our understanding of what is good teaching and to widen our understanding of what counts as central to the educational process.
- Contents:
- Contents; What Is a Public Education and Why We Need It; Chapter One: Education as Self-development; Chapter Two: Culture, Character, and Education; Chapter Three: The Education of Cultural Strangers: The Idea of a Public Education; Chapter Four: Public Values and the Civic Good; Chapter Five: The Construction and Stabilization of Public Values: The Task of Public Schools; Chapter Six: From a Public Education to a Public School; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-1723-4
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