Seducing souls : education and the experience of human well-being.

The simple premise of this book is that the purpose of education is to serve the well-being of students. Well-being might seem to be an obvious aim for education, but it has been given insufficient attention and often is poorly understood. Karl D. Hostetler asks: What does it mean for a human being...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hostetler, Karl D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2011.
Temas:
Education > Philosophy.
Transformative learning.
Well-being.
Human comfort.
Éducation > Philosophie.
Apprentissage transformateur.
Bien-être.
comfort (sensation)
Ethics & moral philosophy.
Philosophy & theory of education.
Moral & social purpose of education.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
Human comfort
Education > Philosophy
Transformative learning
Well-being
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART ONE : Developing a conception of human well-being. Basics of well-being : subjectivity, satisfaction, and experience
  • Experience, desire, and well-being
  • Attunement, motivation, and reasons
  • Perceiving and valuing in hermeneutic experience
  • Structuring and evaluating a life
  • PART TWO : Implications for education policy and practice. Perfectionism and human capabilities
  • Perfectionism, liberalism, and political deliberation
  • Judging well-being
  • Seducing souls
  • Epilogue : Philosophy as a way of life.

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