Liberalism, Human Values and Schools as Microcosms of Society: Rediscovering Education for a Moral Future...

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Martin Cohen (Editor of 'The Philosopher')

Liberalism, Human Values and Schools as Microcosms of Society

Rediscovering Education for a Moral Future

Martin Cohen (Editor of 'The Philosopher')

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Routledge
31 March 2025

Social & political philosophy; Moral & social purpose of education; Educational strategies & policy; Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies

Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

This seminal volume provides an accessible overview of key ethical and philosophical debates surrounding contemporary education policy, advocating for a future in education that is primarily driven by prioritising social values.

Grounded in the educational ideas of recent British liberal and philosophical thinkers, including Roger Scruton, Mary Midgley and Brenda Almond in particular, the book provides a deeper understanding of the importance of intellectual and moral freedom as it plays out in today’s schools. The book echoes Almond’s call for education to be viewed through the lens of social values and argues for a broader societal strategy to the philosophy of education than narrowly utilitarian attempts to prepare pupils for the labour market. Chapters present various debates in society that relate to liberalism, social values and utilitarianism, and ultimately encourage dialogue on the approach towards education that is necessary to create a socially adjusted, thoughtful and genuinely knowledgeable society of the future.

By encouraging readers to think about the requirements of the schools of tomorrow along with their role in shaping both individual lives and society itself, this book will be of interest to scholars, postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of philosophy of education, education studies and moral and value education. Those interested in the sociology of education and citizenship studies more broadly will also benefit from the volume.

By: Martin Cohen (Editor of 'The Philosopher')
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781032755717
ISBN 10: 1032755717
Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
Pages: 146
Publication Date: 31 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction PART I Philosophy‘s Fall from Grace Chapter 1. From Plato to Rousseau to Dewey. Do teachers today still need to be philosophers? PART II Means and Ends in Education Chapter 2. Freedom versus Authority and Knowledge versus Experience. Should schools be putting ideas in - or drawing them out? Chapter 3. Instrumental Approaches to Education: Do calls for better computers and more maths really add up? Chapter 4. From Froebel to Google: Integrated Education and the importance of creative play. PART III Liberalism and Human Values Chapter 5. Count Alexis De Tocqueville and the Limits of Individualism. The ongoing struggle to reconcile the aims of social equality with free development. Chapter 6. Education in Europe: still divided between Church and State Chapter 7. Schools and Sex: children on the frontline of gender wars Chapter 8. Education as the Foundation of a Democratic Society

Martin Cohen is Editor of long-standing UK journal The Philosopher and is best known as the author of a number of popular introductions to thinking skills (including 101 Philosophy Problems, Routledge, 2013, now in its fourth edition).