Ebook: Childhood, education, and philosophy : new ideas for an old relationship
Author: Kohan Walter Omar
- Tags: Education -- Philosophy. Children and philosophy. EDUCATION -- Essays. EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. EDUCATION -- Reference.
- Series: New directions in the philosophy of education series
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- Language: English
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This book explores the idea of a childlike education and offers critical tools to question traditional forms of education, and alternative ways to understand and practice the relationship between education and childhood. Engaging with the work of Michel Foucault, Jacques Rancière, Giorgio Agamben and Simón Rodríguez, it contributes to the development of a philosophical framework for the pedagogical idea at theRead more...
Abstract: This book explores the idea of a childlike education and offers critical tools to question traditional forms of education, and alternative ways to understand and practice the relationship between education and childhood. Engaging with the work of Michel Foucault, Jacques Rancière, Giorgio Agamben and Simón Rodríguez, it contributes to the development of a philosophical framework for the pedagogical idea at the core of the book, that of a childlike education. Divided into two parts, the book introduces innovative ideas through philosophical argument and discussion, challenging existing understan