A Philosophy of Schooling Care and Curiosity in Community
This book provides an optimistic account of the value and role of schooling. Schooling is a common but not universal approach to education and has need of its own distinctive justification, in contrast to other approaches such as home-based or work-based
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Julian Stern
A Philosophy of Schooling “A beautifully argued case for more humane schools—schools that will support stronger communities, greater intellectual curiosity, and more fully human adults.” —Nel Noddings, Emerita Professor of Education, Stanford University, USA ‘Refreshingly, the ‘philosophy’ of this book is neither a dry exercise in working out what words really mean, nor is it a tortuous exercise which baffles the reader with esoteric terminology. Instead, it does what it says it is going to do: it asks what the purposes of schooling should be. And refreshingly again, it is both prescriptive and personal: it argues for a particular view on schooling, based upon the key concepts of care, dialogue, curiosity, learning, community and personhood, whilst at the same time allowing the reader to understand why the writer holds the positions he does. He writes in an elegant, highly informed, and gently humorous manner, but with a clear concern for the need to reflect upon the roads that schooling is currently travelling down, and whether these are good for individual, the educational endeavour, or the society within which these are located. This book entertains, informs, and challenges, and it argues a position backed by wideranging evidence and impeccable logic. In an age where the role of the educator is increasingly seen as that of implementation, a book which asks fundamental questions about the purposes of schooling, and provides challenging answers, can only be good in helping educators interrogate their own purposes and practice.’ —Mike Bottery, Emeritus Professor of Leadership, Policy and Values, University of Hull, UK ‘Julian Stern offers an optimistic manifesto for schools as learning communities devoted to the cultivation of caring and curious persons committed to taking responsibility for others. Accomplished in an integrated curriculum that sustains spiritual, ethical, and political traditions across the generations, Stern builds his vision out of compelling interpretations of philosophers such as John Macmurray, Nel Noddings, Martin Buber, Michael Oakeshott, and Jonathan Sacks, from the vantage point of a leading scholar and practitioner of religious education. Concise, clear, and jargon free, and illustrated with delightful personal anecdotes, the text should be of interest to laity and professionals alike, from parents and policy-makers to teachers, clergy, principals, and scholars.’ —Hanan Alexander, Professor of Philosophy of Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Israel
Julian Stern
A Philosophy of Schooling Care and Curiosity in Community
Julian Stern York St John University York, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-71570-4 ISBN 978-3-319-71571-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71571-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017963069 © L. J. Stern 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reus
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