1st Edition
Towards Rational Education A Social Framework of Moral Values and Practices
Introduction
Acknowledgments
PART ONE – Rational education values
Chapter 1 My vision for education
Problems of the contemporary libertarian education
A fundamental proposition
Chapter 2 Fundamental values of rational education
(On the road to) Collective Wisdom
Rational Living
Freedom
Mental Health
(Cultivation of) Altruism
Solidarity, Equality, Fraternity (SEF)
Chapter 3 Education vs. educational system
Rational education: The most positive form of education
Rational education: A problem-solving method
Conclusion to Part One – Answers to fundamental questions
PART TWO – Rational education practices
Chapter 4 Existing schools: Towards more rational education
Rational Education Content: Presentation of two examples
Rational Education Structure: Integration of rational and other social-emotional learning in schools
Chapter 5 Rational schools: An elegant form of rational education
Introduction
Historical Account
Why rational education is historically important in today’s educational reality?
Chapter 6 Rational education in the 21st century
Rational education practices in the 21st century: The Rational School
Chapter 7 Fundamental practices of rational education in the Rational School
Mental Health practices
Rational Living practices
Examples of curricula for the Rational School
Freedom practices
Altruism practices
Solidarity, equality and fraternity practices
Chapter 8 Why rational education values and practices are really not established in the schools: An essential commentary and the call for rational schools.
Instead of an Epilogue – On healthy utopia
Conclusion
References
Biography
Demetris Katsikis (PhD, RE&CBT) is the coordinator of services, research, training and development at the Hellenic Institute for Rational-Emotive and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Athens, Greece. His specialties include school/community, developmental and clinical psychology applied to diverse settings including psychotherapy, counseling, education and rational living. He is the founder and leader of the evolving Ψχ Work Group and Community in Greece and the Editor-in-Chief of the Ψχ Journal. He is currently striving to set the foundations for the establishment of rational education values and practices at the sociopolitical level.
