Democratic Socialism and Education: New Perspectives on Policy and Practice

• Main Author: Hopkins, Neil (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Philosophy and social sciences.; Education and state.; Political philosophy.; Citizenship-Sociological aspects.; Education-Philosophy.; Philosophy of Education.; Education Policy.; Political Philosophy.; Sociology of Citizenship.; Educational Philosophy.

This book engages with the political, philosophical and policy debates around contemporary democratic socialism and state education. It examines contemporary education and education systems, as well as democratic socialism in the context of the complex political world we live in currently. It takes...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Contemporary Education and Education Systems
• 2. Democratic Socialism in a Complex Political World
• 3. Towards a Democratic Socialist Curriculum
• 4. In Search of a Democratic Socialist Pedagogy
• 5. Democratic Socialism and Governance in Education
• Conclusion.