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Education, autonomy and critical thinking /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winch, Christopher
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ; 15.
Subjects:
Education > Aims and objectives.
Autonomy (Philosophy)
Critical thinking.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : autonomy and education
  • Authority and rational autonomy
  • Critical rationality
  • The development of critical rationality in a practical context
  • Critical thinking and context independence
  • Autonomy and the self
  • Autonomy and conceptions of the good
  • Autonomy and the polity
  • Autonomy and schooling
  • Autonomy, the difference principle and educational resources
  • Autonomy and civic education
  • Education and the balanced life
  • Policy implications.