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Record Nr.

UNINA9910410010703321

Autore

Burch Kerry T

Titolo

Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational Purpose / / by Kerry T. Burch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-45763-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 201 pages)

Collana

The Cultural and Social Foundations of Education

Disciplina

379.73

370

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Education - History

United States - History

Educational Philosophy

History of Education

US History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Educationalizing Jefferson's Revolutionary Thought -- 3. 20th Century Jeffersonian Intervention: John Dewey on the Predicaments of American Democracy -- 4. Reading George S. Counts's "A Call to the Teachers of the Nation" as a Jeffersonian Text -- 5. To Protest Against Standing Armies -- 6. Freedom from Monopolies -- 7. An Education Amendment -- 8. Crystallizing the Educational Implications of Jefferson's Revolutionary Theory -- 9. Reimagining Educational Purpose Through Jeffersonian Categories -- 10. Jeffersonian Directions in Curricular Renovation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book newly interprets the educational implications of Thomas Jefferson’s revolutionary thought. In an age where American democracy is imperilled and the civic purposes of schooling eviscerated, Burch turns to Jefferson to help bring to life the values and principles that must be recovered in order for Americans to transcend the narrow purposes of education prescribed by today’s neoliberal paradigm. The author argues that critical engagement with the most radical



dimensions of Jefferson’s educational philosophy can establish a rational basis upon which to re-establish the civic purposes of public education. Bracketing the defining features of Jefferson's theory throughout each of the chapters, the author illuminates the deficiencies of the dominant educational paradigm, and charts a new path forward for its progressive renewal.