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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459824203321

Autore

Martin Jane Roland <1929-, >

Titolo

Education reconfigured : culture, encounter, and change / / Jane Roland Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-10404-0

9786613104045

1-136-81327-6

0-203-82914-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

370.1

Soggetti

Educational change

Progressive education

Educational sociology

School management and organization - Social aspects

Education - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. A unified theory of education -- pt. 2. Implications -- pt. 3. Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

As philosophers throughout the ages have asked: What is justice? What is truth? What is art? What is law? In Education Reconfigured, the internationally acclaimed philosopher of education, Jane Roland Martin, now asks: What is education? In answer, she puts forward a unified theory that casts education in a brand new light. Martin's ""theory of education as encounter"" places culture alongside the individual at the heart of the educational process, thus responding to the call John Dewey made over a century ago for an enlarged outlook on education. Look through her theory's lens and