1st Edition
Beyond the Present and the Particular (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 2) A Theory of Liberal Education
By Charles H. Bailey
Copyright 1984
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Charles Bailey advances a modern characterization and justification of liberal education and defends such a view of liberal education against contemporary challenges. The book will be of special value to those guiding educational policy, designing curricula and reflecting on their own teaching practice. An introductory part of the book describes the need for justification and the special nature... Read more
1. Introduction - Theory and Education Part 1: Justification of Liberal Education 2. Education and its Justification 3. Types of Education. 4. The Justification of Liberal Education Part 2: Content and Method 5. Some Preliminary Ideas 6. Three Accounts Considered 7. The Content of a Liberal Education 8. The Methods of a Liberal Education Part 3: Challenges to Liberal Education 9. The Challenge of Economic Utility 10. The Challenge of Relativism, Ideology and the State 11. Teachers, Assessment and Accountability
Biography
Charles H. Bailey
