Education, Democracy, And Public Knowledge / Edition 1

by Elizabeth A. Kelly

Overview

This book defends the role of public education against its critics and explores the implications of the traditional American belief in public education as a vehicle for extending democratic politics and the relationship between public knowledge, education, and democracy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367154769
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/07/2020
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction — Education, Democracy, and Public Knowledge: Toward a Socialist Theory of Education — The Education of Henry Adams and the Transformation of the Bourgeois Public Sphere: A Case Study — A Public Philosophy? Pragmatism and Public Knowledge — Public Knowledge and the Paradox of Democratic Education — Public Intellectuals and Public Knowledge — Literacy for What? Critical Literacy and the Power of Public Knowledge — Framing the Question of Freedom: Public Knowledge in Practice