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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 /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feinberg, Walter, 1937- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington, 2016.
Colección:Philosophy and cultural identity.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A public education as critical aspirational ideal
  • Education as self-development
  • Culture, character, and education
  • The education of cultural strangers: the idea of a public education
  • Public values and the civic good
  • The construction and stabilization of public values
  • From a public education to a public school.