Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Coce
Image from OpenLibrary

Reimagining liberal education: affiliation and inquiry in democratic schooling/ Hanan A. Alexander

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York: Bloomsbury, 2015.Description: xii, 295p.: ill.; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781441122438
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DUCE DS.72480
Summary: This challenging and provocative book reimagines the justification, substance, process, and study of education in open, pluralistic, liberal democratic societies. Hanan Alexander argues that educators need to enable students to embark on a quest for intelligent spirituality, while paying heed to a pedagogy of difference. Through close analysis of the work of such thinkers as William James, Charles Taylor, Elliot Eisner, Michael Oakeshott, Isaiah Berlin, Martin Buber, Michael Apple and Terrence McLaughlin, Reimagining Liberal Education offers an account of school curriculum and moral and religious instruction that throws new light on the possibilities of a nuanced, rounded education for citizenship.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Books DUCE LIBRARY Humanities: Shelf D21. G484 – E178 .D7 Humanities and Social Sciences DUCE DS72480 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000000170310

Includes bibliography and index

This challenging and provocative book reimagines the justification, substance, process, and study of education in open, pluralistic, liberal democratic societies.

Hanan Alexander argues that educators need to enable students to embark on a quest for intelligent spirituality, while paying heed to a pedagogy of difference. Through close analysis of the work of such thinkers as William James, Charles Taylor, Elliot Eisner, Michael Oakeshott, Isaiah Berlin, Martin Buber, Michael Apple and Terrence McLaughlin, Reimagining Liberal Education offers an account of school curriculum and moral and religious instruction that throws new light on the possibilities of a nuanced, rounded education for citizenship.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.