Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking (Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education) - Softcover

Winch, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415543924 ISBN 13: 9780415543927

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

The concepts of autonomy and of critical thinking are of key importance in many contemporary accounts of the aims of education. Education, Autonomy and Critical Thinking analyzes their relationship to each other and to education, explores their roles in mortality and politics, and examines the part critical thinking has to play in fulfilling the educational aim of preparing young people for autonomy.

Assessing the significance of the concern with critical rationality as a key intellectual component for a worthwhile life involving autonomy, this book also examines important views about what critical thinking is and how it can be cultivated.

Drawing from discussions on epistemology and the philosophy of language which concern the nature of rationality, Christopher Winch produces a powerful critique of concepts central to contemporary philosophy of education - autonomy and critical thinking.

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Winch is Senior Lecturer in Educational Policy and Management at King’s College, London and was previously a primary school teacher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0415543924
• ISBN 13: 9780415543927
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216