1st Edition

Defending the Value of Education as a Public Good Philosophical Dialogues on Education and the State

Edited By Katarzyna Wrońska, Julian Stern Copyright 2024
238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

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 and strengthening this educational focus. Chapters present in-depth philosophical and historical arguments that explore core aspects of... Read more

Introduction: Education and the State - Between Past and Future Katarzyna Wrońska and Julian Stern

 

Part I: Education and the state

 

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

 

Chapter 2. An optimistic anarchist’s guide to education and the state Julian Stern

 

Chapter 3. Education, ideology, and critical thinking Tomasz Leś

 

Chapter 4. Educational dimension of acts of political forgiveness Jarosław Horowski

 

Part II: Balancing the purposes of schooling

 

Chapter 5. Becoming, knowing, and governing oneself in Erasmus’s educational theory and practice Joanna Kostyło

 

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

 

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 Marcin Rebes

 

Chapter 8. Mind-shift for 21st-Century Education: Entrepreneurism Stephen R. C. Hicks

 

Part III: The Future of education

 

Chapter 9. Pedagogy, learning, and becoming oneself Rafał Godoń

 

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

 

Chapter 11. Reforming the university: considering Niklas Luhmann's remarks Katarzyna Guczalska and Wioleta Gałat

 

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

 

Conclusion Julian Stern and Katarzyna Wrońska

Biography

Katarzyna Wrońska 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.