Education as Gift

Challenging Markets and Technology and Celebrating the Spirit of Education
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-68947-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

Reihe: Education, Culture, and Society

Education is about human flourishing and explores meaning, purpose and values. As a holistic and integral practice for developing sustained attention and concentration, education is profoundly antithetical to the market and it is not a technological domain. The combination of markets and technology in the pursuit of efficiency destroys the potential of education to help societies nurture well-being. This book dives deeply into the overlapping crises of education today. The author draws on decades of experience and many disciplines to celebrate the spirit of education and to frame it as a gift.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruth, Damian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Affektive, soziale und ethische Ziele in der Erziehung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Author

1 Introduction

2 The Idea of Education

3 Lured by the Market

4 Mesmerized by Technology

5 Snared by Efficiency

6 The Exile of Spirit

7 Education as Gift

8 Some Final Comments

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Damian Ruth, Ph.D. (2000), University of Sheffield, has been an educator for 40 years and taught across several disciplines and universities and has published more than 100 papers in various fields. He has received many teaching awards and held Fellowships in Ireland and Canada and was an Associate Editor of Higher Education Research and Development for several years.