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

by Neil Hooley

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138647160
• ISBN13: 9781138647169
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"