Education, autonomy, and critical thinking
By: Christopher Winch.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Education -- Aims and objectives; Autonomy (Philosophy); Critical thinking
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : autonomy and education; title: Authority and autonomy; title: Critical rationality; title: The development of critical rationality in a practical context; title: Critical thinking and context independence; title: Autonomy and the self; title: Autonomy and conceptions of the good; title: Autonomy and the polity; title: Autonomy and schooling; title: Autonomy, the difference principle, and educational resources; title: Autonomy and civic education; title: Education and the balanced life; title: Policy implications of the argument of the book.