Radical Schooling for Democracy: Engaging Philosophy of Education for the Public Good

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Neil Hooley (Victoria University, Australia) Michael A. Peters

Radical Schooling for Democracy

Engaging Philosophy of Education for the Public Good

Neil Hooley (Victoria University, Australia), Michael A. Peters, Gert Biesta

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Routledge
10 August 2017

Moral & social purpose of education; Educational strategies & policy; Teaching of a specific subject

Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Education

Radical Schooling for Democracy proposes that formal education around the world has a serious philosophical weakness: as the ideology of neoliberalism increasingly dominates economic and as a consequence, educational and social life, formal education has adopted a narrow, rational and economic purpose for all students. Hooley argues that, under these circumstances, schooling is inherently frustrating and alienating for vast numbers of children as they are systematically removed from the big ideas and practices of history and knowledge of which they and their communities are a part and are instead inducted into a technical and superficial rationality of human existence.

Radical Schooling for Democracy begins with a progressive and contemporary overview of philosophical and sociological thought during the European Enlightenment and identifies a framework of understanding that is extremely weak in education. This action framework of integrated philosophy, sociology and epistemology generates an ‘action theory’ that not only accounts for human progress, but has the potential to radically change the nature of schooling. A number of theorists who generally support a ‘theory of action’ is considered, ranging from Aristotle, Marx, Dewey and Freire to Habermas. From this analysis, the curriculum, pedagogical, assessment and research constructs of schooling are detailed such that a coherent and integrated model of education as an attribute of being human can be articulated, rather than being seen as a disparate derivative from other disciplines.

With its coverage of internationally relevant issues, this book will be essential reading for academics, graduate students, policymakers and researchers in education, philosophy, sociology and epistemology, as well as teachers and pre-service teachers.

By: Neil Hooley (Victoria University Australia)
Series edited by: Michael A. Peters, Gert Biesta
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781138647169
ISBN 10: 1138647160
Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Education
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 10 August 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Neil Hooley is a Lecturer in the College of Education at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.

Reviews for Radical Schooling for Democracy: Engaging Philosophy of Education for the Public Good

`Neil Hooley's new book offers a philosophical vision of radical schooling for democracy in terms of criticizing neoliberal and dehumanizing reform of education. It is an outstanding contribution to reconstruct the idea of public education through a comprehensive and fascinating approach to pragmatism and the public good.'- Masamichi Ueno, Professor of Education, Daito Bunka University, Japan