Walter Feinberg's Democratic Vision : Classic Writings on Public Education

Name: Walter Feinberg's Democratic Vision : Classic Writings on Public Education
Brand: State University of New York Press

State University of New York Press

Walter Feinberg's Democratic VisionClassic Writings on Public Education\nAuthor(s): Walter Feinberg, Bryan R. Warnick\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9798855802269, 979-8855802269\nSynopsis\nCollects Walter Feinberg's classic writings on the meaning of democracy for public education.\n\nFor over fifty years, Walter Feinberg has been a leader in interpreting democracy in and its meaning for public education. In this collection, Feinberg explores the question of how to study education, the necessary role of history and philosophy in this endeavor, and the need for educational theorists to engage with the lived realities of students, parents, and teachers through philosophical anthropology. He demonstrates a particular way of paying attention to public education that brings an interpretive sensitivity for others to the big philosophical questions of what public schooling should be in d.