The Common School and the Comprehensive Ideal

A Defence by Richard Pring with Complementary Essays
Herausgeber: Halstead, Mark; Haydon, Graham

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Produktbeschreibung

What today is the place of the common school? What remains of the comprehensive ideal? In the face of the social and cultural change that globalisation brings, these questions gain a new urgency. They invite consideration of the most fundamental issues concerning future educational provision: what is the purpose of our schools, and what should we do in them? This collection of essays, by leading philosophers and educationalists specialising in these matters, answers to these questions. The opening keynote defence of the ideal by leading philosopher of education Richard Pring expresses insights that have been refined over some four decades, during which time he has followed the fate of the comprehensive system been a staunch supporter of the common school. His measured, Dewey-inspired assessment of the current scene combines with a perspective on change that is both enlightening and provocative. The complementary essays engage with questions he raises under five themes: defending and questioning the comprehensive ideal; common schools in multicultural societies; common schools and religion; school choice and the comprehensive ideal; and common schools and inclusion. The collection is dedicated to the memory of Terence H. McLaughlin, whose tireless pursuit of the philosophical questions and challenges raised by the common school and the comprehensive ideal is emulated in these pages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Stax Textbooks
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781405187381
• ISBN-10: 1405187387
• Artikelnr.: 24955510

Autorenporträt

Mark Halstead is Professor of Education and Head of the Department of Community and International Education at the University of Huddersfield. He has written widely on moral education, multicultural education and Islamic education. He is currently co-editing a collection of essays by Terence H. McLaughlin. Graham Haydon is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Much of his work has been on moral and citizenship education in plural societies. His most recent publications include Values in Education (2006) and Education, Philosophy and the Ethical Environment (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors.

Preface.

1. The Common School: Richard Pring.

Part I: Defending and Questioning the ComprehensiveIdeal:.

2. In Search of the Comprehensive Ideal: by Way of anIntroduction: Graham Haydon.

3. On the Necessity of Radical State Education: Democracy andthe Common School: Michael Fielding.

4. Common Schooling and the Need for Distinction: RobinBarrow.

5. Educational Justice and Socio-economic Segregation inSchools: Harry Brighouse.

Part II: Common Schools in Multicultural Societies:.

6. Culture and the Common School: Walter Feinberg.

7. What is Common about Common Schooling? Rational Autonomy andMoral Agency in Liberal Democratic Education: Hanan Alexander.

8. Common Schools and Multicultural Education: MeiraLevinson.

9. What Not To Wear: Dress Codes and Uniform Policies in theCommon School: Dianne Gereluk.

Part III: Common Schools and Religion:.

10. Religious Education, Religious Literacy and CommonSchooling: a Philosophy and History of Skewed Reflection: DavidCarr.

11. Religious Worldviews and the Common School: the FrenchDilemma: Kevin Williams.

12. Common Schools and Uncommon Conversations: Education,Religious Speech and Public Spaces: Kenneth A. Strike.

Part IV: School Choice and the Comprehensive Ideal:.

13. How and Why to Support Common Schooling and EducationalChoice at the Same Time: Rob Reich.

14. From Adam Swift to Adam Smith: How the 'InvisibleHand' Overcomes Middle Class Hypocrisy: James Tooley.

15. School Choice, Brand Loyalty and Civic Loyalty: MaryHealy.

Part V: Common Schools and Inclusion:.

16. Capability and Educational Equality: the Just Distributionof Resources to Students with Disabilities and Special EducationalNeeds: Lorella Terzi.

17. A Question of Universality: Inclusive Education and thePrinciple of Respect: Ruth Cigman.

18. The Futures of Queer Children and the Common School Ideal:Kevin McDonough.

19. 'Lookism', Common Schools, Respect andDemocracy: Andrew Davis.

20. In Place of a Conclusion: the Common School and the MeltingPot: J. Mark Halstead.

Index