What Is a Public Education and Why We Need It: A Philosophical

What Is a Public Education and Why We Need It: A Philosophical Inquiry into Self-Development, Cultural Commitment, and Public Engagement (Philosophy and Cultural Identity)

public schools. Publicly supported schools have other functions as well. They socialize, train, produce a workforce, and, hopefully, promote individual growth and autonomy. Walter Feinberg argues that while all of these functions may be carried on by private or religious schools as well, public schools should have the additional responsibility of reproducing a civic public for a diverse pluralistic society. As Feinberg demonstrates, the problem is that in the context of neoliberal ideology, where all the other educational functions are reduced to economic ones within a market context ruled by competitionâ€”nation to nation, state to state, community to community, school to school, teacher to teacher, student to studentâ€”the public function becomes less and less central and more and more difficult to carry out. What Is a Public Education and Why We Need It suggests ways to change this by bringing the idea of a true public education back into focus.
Country USA
Brand Lexington Books
Manufacturer Lexington Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2016-01-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781498517225

What Is a Public Education and Why We Need It: A Philosophical Inquiry into Self-Development, Cultural Commitment, and Public Engagement (Philosophy and Cultural Identity)