Philosophical scaffolding for the construction of critical democratic education /
Argues that the scaffolding and building materials for the construction of critical, democratic education are best provided by those thinkers who recognize epistemological uncertainty, as well as the need for a broadly inclusive human attempt to make sense of our experiences, education, and world. T...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
P. Lang,
2000.
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| Series: | Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ;
v. 75. |
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| Summary: | Argues that the scaffolding and building materials for the construction of critical, democratic education are best provided by those thinkers who recognize epistemological uncertainty, as well as the need for a broadly inclusive human attempt to make sense of our experiences, education, and world. The cast of characters includes classical Greeks, Marx, Dewey, existentialists, liberationists, Freire, politics of identity thinkers, and postmodernists - along with a touch of green. [Publisher web site] |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 365 p. 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0820439398 (alk. paper) |