Paideia agonistes : the lost soul of modern education
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Paideia agonistes : the lost soul of modern education
University press of America, c2000
- :pbk: alk. ppr.
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In recent years, as school shootings and violence among the young intensifies, the United States has begun to wonder where these problems originated, and how best to solve them. Is the fault with the school system? Or are our cultural ills the result of changing values? John E. Grote, in his provocative study of modern education, claims that culture and education are inextricably intertwined, and that the former is responsible for the decline of the latter. Grote outlines the modern condition, addressing the causes rooted in the Enlightenment's concept of man, and formulates a vision, based upon the Greek concept of paideia, that will renew the relationship between community and education.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Problem Chapter 3 A Modern Condition Chapter 4 The Search for a Science of Man Chapter 5 An Alternative Science of Man Chapter 6 Paideia Agonistes Chapter 7 Education and Community Chapter 8 Notes Chapter 9 Index
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