Browsing by Subject "Educational philosophy"
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Being and Becoming Cosmopolitan: Higher Education and the Cosmopolitan Self
(International Journal of Higher Education, 2013)Much higher education (and teacher education in particular) aims to cultivate and promote cosmopolitan identity either through direct modular provisions or through student exchanges and other cultural encounters. The aim ...
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Commencing the Rhizome: Towards a Minor Philosophy of Education
(Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2004)In "The Postmodern Explained," a pedagogical sequel to "The Postmodern Condition," Jean Francois Lyotard reports on the domination of thought by the principle of realism. Lyotard speaks of a demand that threatens to totalize ...
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Learning by Undoing, "Democracy and Education," and John Dewey, the Colonial Traveler
(Education Sciences, 2017)The centennial anniversary of John Dewey's "Democracy and Education" has been celebrated this year in a reconstructive and utility-based spirit. The article considers this spirit and the need to complement it with a ...
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On Language, Meaning, and Validity: Philosophy of Education and the Universal Pragmatics of Habermas
(Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2004)A theory of language may prove conducive to many important and complex issues in philosophy of education. After grouping these issues into four main categories, I explore the possibility and need to back up the categories ...
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The "Problem" of the European Dimension in Education: A Principled Reconstruction of the Greek Cypriot Curriculum
(European Educational Research Journal, 2005)The European dimension in education has been a term increasingly used by the European Union and the Council of Europe to denote some of their educational policies and initiatives. It has also been a contested term in ...
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Religious Teaching and Political Context: The Case of Cyprus
(Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2005)In this article I aim to explore some philosophical issues involved in teaching religion in Cyprus and suggest some preconditions in order for this teaching to be sensitive to the multicultural character of the island and ...