02495nam 2200541 450 991080918860332120230808213146.01-4985-1723-4(CKB)3710000000563242(EBL)4313241(SSID)ssj0001594449(PQKBManifestationID)16291015(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001594449(PQKBWorkID)14849037(PQKB)11112525(MiAaPQ)EBC4313241(EXLCZ)99371000000056324220160120h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhat is a public education and why we need it a philosophical inquiry into self-development, cultural commitment, and public engagement /by Walter FeinbergLanham, [Maryland] :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (156 p.)Philosophy and Cultural IdentityDescription based upon print version of record.1-4985-1724-2 1-4985-1722-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; What Is a Public Education and Why We Need It; Chapter One: Education as Self-development; Chapter Two: Culture, Character, and Education; Chapter Three: The Education of Cultural Strangers: The Idea of a Public Education; Chapter Four: Public Values and the Civic Good; Chapter Five: The Construction and Stabilization of Public Values: The Task of Public Schools; Chapter Six: From a Public Education to a Public School; Bibliography; IndexThis book brings the idea of a public-defined in part as the quality of communication among strangers-back into focus. The benefits of doing this are many, but perhaps the most important are to adjust our understanding of what is good teaching and to widen our understanding of what counts as central to the educational process.Philosophy and Cultural IdentityPublic schoolsUnited StatesEducationAims and objectivesUnited StatesPublic schoolsEducationAims and objectives371.010973Feinberg Walter1937-1606585MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809188603321What is a public education and why we need it3932457UNINA