The politics of public education : reform ideas and issues / Helen M. Gunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunter, Helen, author.

Series:

Policy Press scholarship online.

Policy Press scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.

Arendt, Hannah.

Education and state--Philosophy.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 223 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2018.

Summary:

This book critically examines the key issues facing the public with implications for education policy makers, professionals and researchers, confronting current issues about social justice and segregation. The author uses Arendtian ideas to help the reader to 'think politically' about education and how public services education can be reimagined.

Contents:

IntroductionCommon powers?; Responsibility and judgement; The possibilities for responsibility and judging; Thinking politically with responsibility and judging; Summary; 7. Forgiving: the end of public education; Introduction; Common commons?; Forgiving; The possibilities of thinking with forgiveness; Thinking politically with forgiving; Summary; 8. Thinking politically again: the conditions for public education; Introduction; Public services education as a case for concern; Totalitarian tendencies; The conditions for public education; References; Index.

3. Plurality: the idea and reality of choiceIntroduction; Common purposes?; Plurality; The possibilities for plurality; Thinking politically with plurality; Summary; 4. Natality: the opportunity to do new things; Introduction; A common education?; Natality; The possibilities of doing something new; Thinking politically with natality; Summary; 5. Promising: school diversity and competition; Introduction; Common provision?; Promises and promise making; The possibilities for promising; Thinking politically with promising; Summary; 6. Responsibility and judging: producing and using numbers.

Intro; THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION; Contents; Acknowledgements; Biography; 1. Thinking politically: challenging public education; Introduction; Thinking politically; Thinking politically with Arendt; Thinking politically about public education with Arendt; EPKP and Arendtian scholarship; Thinking differently for public education with Hannah Arendt; 2. Action: professionals learning to labour; Introduction; Common knowledges?; Labour, work and action; The possibilities for labour, work and action; Thinking politically with labour, work and action; Summary.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447339601

1447339606

9781447339625

1447339622

9781447339595

1447339592

OCLC:

1062419000