Title: Education, society, and human nature : an introduction to the philosophy of education /
Authors: O'Hear, Anthony.
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul,
Year: 1981
Subjects: Education Philosophy History
Contents: Introduction : Philosophy and education -- Objections to liberal education. Liberal education is unnatural ; Liberal education is irreligious ; Liberal education is undemocratic ; Liberal education involves class conditioning ; Liberal education is irrelevant -- A modern education and its justification. R.S. Peters's concept of education as initiation ; Happiness and self-fulfilment ; A modern education ; The open society -- Learning and teaching. Understanding ; Relativism and forms of life ; Teaching -- The curriculum. Forms of knowledge ; Two methods, one culture ; Choice and the curriculum -- Moral education -- Education and society. Equality ; Elitism.