 | Free Children and Democratic Schools: A Philosophical Study of Liberty and Education Subjects: Education; Humanities; Philosophy of Education; Theory of Education; Philosophy; Education Policy & Politics; Education Policy; This book, first published in 1989, relates a theory of liberty to the practice of education, and reveals the implications of beliefs about freedom for our schools and classrooms. The author makes a reasoned plea for society to have more respect for children and not treat them as an inferior sub-species. The central argument of this book is for greater education in democracy, and greater democracy in education. This title will be of interest to students of the philosophy of education. |
