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Wheels in the Head: Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and Culture from Confucianism to Human Rights , 3E (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education)
Wheels in the Head Educational Philosophies of Authority Freedom and Culture from Confucianism to Human Rights 3E - Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education Author:Joel Spring In this popular text, Joel Spring provocatively 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 focuses on an important theme: ?Autocratic and Democratic Forms of Education;? ?Dissenting Traditions in Educ... more »ation;? ?The Politics of Culture;? ?The Politics of Gender;? and ?Education and Human Rights.? This edition features a special emphasis on human rights education. Spring advocates a legally binding right to an education that includes an education in human rights. His argument is that until schools are required to fulfill a duty to protect human rights and teach others to protect human rights, government-operated schools will remain authoritarian rather than democratic institutions.
Wheels in the Head, a critically original work, is widely used as a text for courses across the fields of philosophical, social, political, and historical foundations of education, and critical issues in education. Reflecting its global relevance, a Chinese translation was published by the University of Peking Press in 2005.« less