Martin Cohen

Liberalism, Human Values and Schools as Microcosms of Society

Rediscovering Education for a Moral Future

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Produktbeschreibung

This seminal volume provides an accessible overview of key ethical and philosophical debates surrounding contemporary education policy, advocating for a future in education that is primarily driven by prioritizing social values.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032755717
• ISBN-10: 1032755717
• Artikelnr.: 72108709

Autorenporträt

Martin Cohen is Editor of long-standing UK journal The Philosopher, and is best known as the author of a number of popular introductions to thinking skills (including 101 Philosophy Problems, Routledge, 2013, now in its fourth edition).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I Philosophy's Fall from Grace
Chapter 1. From Plato to Rousseau to Dewey. Do teachers today still need to
be philosophers?
PART II Means and Ends in Education
Chapter 2. Freedom versus Authority and Knowledge versus Experience. Should
schools be putting ideas in - or drawing them out?
Chapter 3. Instrumental Approaches to Education: Do calls for better
computers and more maths really add up?
Chapter 4. From Froebel to Google: Integrated Education and the importance
of creative play.
PART III Liberalism and Human Values
Chapter 5. Count Alexis De Tocqueville and the Limits of Individualism. The
ongoing struggle to reconcile the aims of social equality with free
development.
Chapter 6. Education in Europe: still divided between Church and State
Chapter 7. Schools and Sex: children on the frontline of gender wars
Chapter 8. Education as the Foundation of a Democratic Society