What is a public education and why we need it : a philosophical inquiry into self-development, cultural commitment, and public engagement /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feinberg, Walter, 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington, 2016.
Series:Philosophy and cultural identity.
Subjects:
Public schools > United States.
Education > Aims and objectives > United States.
Écoles publiques > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Education > Aims and objectives
Public schools
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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