Paradoxes of Education in a Republic
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Written over a decade ago, Eva T. H. Brann's enlightening analysis of American education places the recent debate on the means and ends of a liberal education in new perspective. She goes beyond discussion of courses and particular books to claim that philosophical inquiry is far more important to the improvement of education than curricular and administrative schemes. She provides both a broad philosophical and historical analysis of education in any republic and specific, practical suggestions for achieving the education that will serve as the best preparation for life in our own republic.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226071359
ISBN13:9780226071350
Release Date:April 1979
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:172 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
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Dense, but wonderfully highbrow. Critiques all major schools of education without showing any parti
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Brann gives a dense but wide ranging examination of the theories of education found in various cultures. Although primarily western in scope, Brann throws in everything but the kitchen sink to reach her consummately careful and studuied conclusions. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough.
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