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The politics of public education : reform ideas and issues /

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. She uses Arendtian ideas to help the reader to 'think politically' about education a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gunter, Helen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.