Civil Society, Education and Human Formation: Philosophy's Role in a Renewed Understanding of Education

Civil Society, Education and Human Formation: Philosophy's Role in a Renewed Understanding of Education
ISBN-10
1351775901
ISBN-13
9781351775908
Category
Education
Pages
241
Language
English
Published
2017-04-07
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Author
Jãnis T. Ozoliņš

Description

Education has been widely criticised as being too narrowly focused on skills, capacities and the transference of knowledge that can be used in the workplace. As a result of the dominance of economic rationalism and neo-liberalism, it has become commodified and marketed to potential customers. As a consequence, students have become consumers of an educational product and education has become an industry. This volume draws together a number of different perspectives on what is meant by 'human formation', argues that for a much richer conception of education, and addresses the lack of attention to human fulfilment.

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