Defending the Value of Education as a Public Good

Centred around a philosophical argument for contemporary education as a fundamental good, this edited volume demonstrates the benefits that education brings in a civil and flourishing societal context, while also critiquing the state's role in supporting this educational focus.

Autorentext

Katarzyna Wröska is Associate Professor in Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Institute of Education, Poland.

Julian Stern is Professor of Education and Religion, Bishop Grosseteste University, UK.

Inhalt

Introduction Education and the State - Between Past and Future

Part I: Education and the state

Chapter 1. Uncovering education as a practice in its own right

Chapter 2. An optimistic anarchist's guide to education and the state

Chapter 3. Education, ideology and critical thinking

Chapter 4. Educational dimension of acts of political forgiveness

Part II: Balancing the purposes of schooling

Chapter 5. Becoming, knowing, and governing oneself in Erasmus's educational theory and practice

Chapter 6. Competition in education from the perspective of liberalism and liberal education

Chapter 7. Education and democracy nexus: Social media as a 'space' of formation of a sense of responsibility for oneself and for others among young people

Chapter 8. Mind-shift for 21st-Century Education: Entrepreneurism

Part III: The Future of education

Chapter 9. Pedagogy, learning and becoming oneself

Chapter 10. The eclipse of the liberal-democratic state and the future of education

Chapter 11. Reforming the university: considering Niklas Luhmann's remarks

Chapter 12. Doctoral education, the state, and public goods in a changing world

Conclusion