A Philosophy of Schooling

Care and Curiosity in Community
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-10078-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 235 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 326 g

This book provides an optimistic account of the value and role of schooling. Schooling is a common but not universal approach to education and has need of its own distinctive justification, in contrast to other approaches such as home-based or work-based education. The book tackles and rejects the various large-scale ‘functional’ theories of schooling which continue to dominate current debates and policies, such as schooling supporting employment and the economy, or developing citizenship. Instead, it argues that schooling and schools should be viewed as places to learn community within and through community. The lived reality of relationships within schools, based on care and curiosity, is as strong as ever: and upon this foundation is built an original philosophy of schooling. This reflective book will appeal to students and scholars of philosophy of education and to all professionals concerned with schools.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stern, Julian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.- Chapter 1. Introduction: Why Care About Schools?.- Chapter 2. Schools as Communities.- Chapter 3. Learning in Dialogue.- Chapter 4. Personhood and Personalism in School.- Chapter 5. Pedagogy, Research and Being a Curious Teacher.- Chapter 6. School Leadership: Caute in the Middle.- Chapter 7. The Sustainability of Schooling and its Alternatives.- Chapter 8. A Curriculum for One: Overcoming Dualism.- Chapter 9. The Politics of Schooling.

Über Autor(innen)

Julian Stern is Professor of Education and Religion at York St John University, UK.