Moral and Political Discourses in Philosophy of Education [Paperback]

Introduction PART I: Democratic Theory, and Education in a Democracy 1. Civic Education in a Democratic Society 2. Education, Social Realism and Liberal Cultural Values 3. Education, Essentialism, and the Epistemic Vices of Intolerance PART II: Purposes of Moral and Political Education 4. Did the Marathas Rule India? Reflections on Postmodernism, Reality and School History Textbooks 5. Caring Pedagogies: Beyond Critique 6. Beyond Nationalism: Rabindranath Tagores University and the Politics of the Self 7. Moral Education, Development of the Self and Role of Nature: An Enquiry into Tagores Philosophy of Education 8. The Moral Purpose of Schooling in England during a Changing Context: Promoting Human Capability and Development PART III: Teaching-Learning and the Environment in a School 9. Structural Violence in a School Setting: A Philosophical Discussion on Conflict Resolution 10. Teaching Tolerance and Political Judgement: Bearing on Higher Education 11. Questions and Performatives: Communities of Enquiry as Conventional Contexts 12. A Dialogic Approach to Education for Democratic Values Illustrated with an Empirical Study of the Effect of Internet-Mediated Dialogue across Cultural Differences

This book focuses on moral and political education and critically engages with educational issues from a philosophical perspective. It engages with questions of moral education as well as questions about citizenship education, to address apprehensions on learning in a liberal democracy.l£2