Beyond Liberal Education
Author: Robin Barrow
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781134871605
Category: Education
Page: 224
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Pages: 224
Pages: 224
This collection of essays by philosophers and educationalists of international reputation, all published here for the first time, celebrates Paul Hirst's professional career. The introductory essay by Robin Barrow and Patricia White outlines Paul Hirst's career and maps the shifts in his thought about education, showing how his views on
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Pages: 228
Pages: 228
In this provocative contribution to the disputes surrounding a liberal education, university president Michael S. Roth focuses on important moments and seminal thinkers in America's long-running argument over vocational vs. liberal education.
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Pages: 200
Pages: 200
In this unique union of philosophy and ethnographic research, Barbara Thayer-Bacon explains how the individualist legacy of liberal democracy, as conceived by Locke and Rosseau, ignores and excludes the needs of American students raised in cultures with strong communal traditions. Drawing upon her experience with the educational methods of other
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Pages: 257
Books about Beyond the Present and the Particular
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Pages: 171
Pages: 171
