Wheels in the Head: Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and Culture from Socrates to Paulo Freire

by Joel Spring

Book Overview

This work analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophers from Plato to Paulo Freire regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. Each section is organized around an important theme (for example, whose schools transmit in a multicultural society?).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070605297
• ISBN13: 9780070605299
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.