Education and the Good Society

by F. Inglis (Editor)

Overview

The many public debates launched by governments on education, such as Tony Blair's emphasis on "education, education, education" have nonetheless failed to consider the place of the good society in educational endeavour. The traditional account of education is that it not only teaches pupils the skills to earn a living, but also teaches a concern for the welfare of others, a love of the many cultures of learning and a commitment to the best values of society. Education and the Good Society seeks to examine these considerations and to restore them to the centre of the educational debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349421626
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/31/2004
Edition description:	1st ed. 2004
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

ULRICH BECK Professor of Sociology, University of Munich, Germany JOHN DUNFORD General Secretary of the Secondary Heads Association, UK ROY HATTERSLEY Member of the House of Lords and Former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, UK RICHARD HOWELLS Lecturer, University of Leeds Institute for Communication Studies, UK TAMSYN IMISON DBE Head of Hampstead School, UK CHANTAL MOUFFE Professorial Fellow, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, UK JON NIXON, Professor of Education, University of Sheffield, UK RICHARD PRING Professor of Education, University of Oxford, UK PETER SCOTT Vice-Chancellor, Kingston University, UK MELANIE WALKER Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Sheffield, UK TOM WYLIE Chief Executive, National Youth Agency, UK

Table of Contents

Editorial; F.Inglis Education and the Good Society (1); R.Hattersley Education and the Good Society (2); F.Inglis Pluralism, Dissensus and Democratic Citizenship; C.Mouffe Theses for an Extensive Reform of Education; U.Beck The Success of the Comprehensive Schools; J.Dunford Teaching and Education; R.Pring The Transformation of the Idea of a University; P.Scott A Malediction Upon Management; F.Inglis Preparing School Students for the Future Good Society; T.Imison Beyond Lippmann: Media and the Good Society; R.Howells Exclusion and Virtue: Customary Knowledge and Informal Education; T.Wylie The Governance of Learning; J.Nixon, M.Walker & W.Carr