Wheels in the Head
Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and Culture from Confucianism to Human Rights
Price: $125.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-8058-6132-7
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- Publication Date: 11th September 2007
- Pages: 272
About the Book
In this popular text Joel Spring provocatively analyzes the ideas of traditional and non-traditional philosophies from Confucianism to human rights regarding the contribution of education to the creation of a democratic society. The goal is to explore how governments use education to control and manage their populations, and to examine forms of education that claim to free people from authoritarian control.
Wheels in the Head, a critically original work now in its third edition, is widely used as a text for courses on philosophical, social, political, and historical foundations of education, and critical issues in education. Reflecting its global relevance, a Chinese translation of the second edition was published in 2005.
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
- Expanded analysis of the use of education by authoritarian states
- Revisions to more clearly relate educational ideas to the theme of "wheels in the head" – a phrase coined by philosopher Max Stirner to describe the use of schools by modern governments to control their citizens.
- New sections on liberation education and on human rights education
Table of Contents
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Selected Contents:
Part One
AUTOCRATIC AND DEMOCRATIC FORMS OF EDUCATION
Chapter 1 Education and the Authoritarian State
Chapter 2 Education and the Modern Authoritarian State: The Soviet Union and the Democratic People= s Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Chapter 3 Authority and Education in a Democratic State
Part Two
DISSENTING TRADITIONS IN EDUCATION
Chapter 4 Traditions of Dissent to Government Education
Chapter 5 Free Schools
Chapter 6 Free Space and No Schools
Part Three
THE POLITICS OF CULTURE
Chapter 7 Cultural Unity and Cultural Literacy
Chapter 8 National or World Cultures?
Part Four
THE POLITICS OF GENDER
Chapter 9 Classical Liberalism and the Politics of Gender
Chapter 10 Reason and Motherhood
Part Five
EDUCATION AND EQUALITY OF POLITICAL POWER
Chapter 11 Liberation Education: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Chapter 12 Human Rights Education
About the Author(s)
Joel Spring is Professor at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His major research interests are history of education, globalization and education, multicultural education, Native American culture, the politics of education, and human rights education. He is the author of over twenty scholarly volumes and textbooks.