Tolerance and Dissent within Education On Cultivating Debate and Understanding /

• Main Authors: Davids, Nuraan (Author), Waghid, Yusef (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Education > Philosophy.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Educational Philosophy.; Philosophy of Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.

This book explores how the concept of tolerance might be understood, cultivated and enacted in and through educational encounters. It argues that by opening up educational encounters to allow for ‘dissent’ – that is, disagreement, criticism and open dialogue – our everyday social life experiences an...