Understanding Education: History, Politics and Practice

by Stephen Kemmis and Christine Edwards-Groves

This short book provides an introduction to the study of education, outlining the dual purpose of education - to help people live well and to help develop a world worth living in. It argues that education initiates people into forms of understanding, modes of activity, and ways of relating to each other and the world that not only help individuals to live good lives, but also help secure a culture based on reason, productive and sustainable economies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811064326
• ISBN13: 9789811064326
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"