Education and the Good Society [Paperback]

The many public debates launched by governments on education, such as Tony Blair's emphasis on education, education, education have nonetheless failed to consider the place of the good society in educational endeavour. The traditional account of education is that it not only teaches pupils the skills to earn a living, but also teaches a concern for the welfare of others, a love of the many cultures of learning and a commitment to the best values of society. Education and the Good Society seeks to examine these considerations and to restore them to the centre of the educational debate.Editorial; F.Inglis Education and the Good Society (1); R.Hattersley Education and the Good Society (2); F.Inglis Pluralism, Dissensus and Democratic Citizenship; C.Mouffe Theses for an Extensive Reform of Education; U.Beck The Success of the Comprehensive Schools; J.Dunford Teaching and Education; R.Pring The Transformation of the Idea of a University; P.Scott A Malediction Upon Management; F.Inglis Preparing School Students for the Future Good Society; T.Imison Beyond Lippmann: Media and the Good Society; R.Howells Exclusion and Virtue: Customary Knowledge and Informal Education; T.Wylie The Governance of Learning; J.Nixon, M.Walker & W.CarrULRICH BECK Professor of Sociology, University of Munich, GermanyJOHN DUNFORD General Secretary of the Secondary Heads Association, UKROY HATTERSLEY Member of the House of Lords and Former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, UKRICHARD HOWELLS Lecturer, University of Leeds Institute for Communication Studies, UKTAMSYN IMISON DBE Head of Hampstead School, UKCHANTAL MOUFFE Professorial Fellow, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, UKJON NIXON, Professor of Education, University of Sheffield, UKRICHARD PRING Professor of Education, University of Oxford, UKPETER SCOTT Vice-Chancellor, Kingston University, UKMELANIE WALKER Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Sheffield, UKTOM WYLIE Chief Executive, National Youth Agencl“f