Hirst's Social Practices View of Education: A Radical Change from His Liberal Education?

It is often taken for granted that Paul Hirst’s switch from emphasis on liberal education to a social practices view of education is a radical one. This depends on how we understand the relation between the two views. From the perspective of a ‘weak’ interpretation I argue that Hirst’s later positio...

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Published inJournal of philosophy of education Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 615 - 626
Main Author Yoo, Jae-Bong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK and Boston, USA Blackwell Publishers Ltd 01.11.2001
Blackwell
Subjects
Educational research
Educational sciences
Theories, epistemology
Theory of Education
Education philosophy
Social Development
Aims of Education
Social Psychology
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Summary:It is often taken for granted that Paul Hirst’s switch from emphasis on liberal education to a social practices view of education is a radical one. This depends on how we understand the relation between the two views. From the perspective of a ‘weak’ interpretation I argue that Hirst’s later position differs little from his earlier one in the light both of the relation between the forms of knowledge and social practices, and of the rationalistic character of Hirst’s conception of social practices in their connection with education.
Bibliography:ark:/67375/WNG-C7QJVWFJ-J
ArticleID:JOPE248
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ISSN:0309-8249
1467-9752
DOI:10.1111/1467-9752.00248