An Education in 'Evil'

Implications for Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Beyond
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-16604-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 155 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 343 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Educational Futures

This book asserts that engaging with divergent understandings about the nature of evil and how it functions can help those interested in education think through issues in curriculum, pedagogy, and beyond. The author provokes thinking about and through the concept of evil in the spirit of thoughtful education (as opposed to thoughtless schooling) toward how we might live together in less harmful ways. Although thinking about evil can be uncomfortable and troubling, such inquiries help us explore what sort of relations we want to have with others. Analyzing our role in evil as humans, as well as our responsibilities to counter the processes of evil present in our everyday lives, opens up a potential to foster radical thought in and out of the classroom.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kessel, Cathryn van

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Evil is in the Eye of the Beholder.- 3. Banal Evil and Social Studies Education.- 4. Processes of Evil as a Supplement to Citizenship Education.- 5. The Politics of Evil.- 6. Symbolic Evil and the Schooling System.- 7. Evil, Existential Terror, and Classroom Climate.- 8. Epilogue.-

Über Autor(innen)

Cathryn van Kessel is Assistant Professor in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Alberta, Canada. As a researcher, a former secondary school teacher, and a current educator of pre-service teachers, her work seeks to blend educational theory and practice in provoking ways, particularly in relation to philosophy and social psychology.