Existential Philosophy and the Promise of Education: Learning from Myths and Metaphors - Softcover

Gordon, Mordechai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1433130327 ISBN 13: 9781433130328

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Myths and metaphors share not only an ability to call our attention to aspects of our world of which we were previously unaware, but also a propensity toward symbolic meanings and interpretations. In Existential Philosophy and the Promise of Education: Learning from Myths and Metaphors, Professor Gordon draws on some well-known myths and metaphors of various Existentialist thinkers and writers as a lens and an interpretative framework with which to explore a variety of issues in philosophy of education. His book argues that symbolic or metaphorical interpretations can offer us representations of problems in education that go beyond what we can gain when we consider them only in their literal sense. Existential Philosophy and the Promise of Education is an excellent classroom text for a variety of foundations courses, including the Philosophy of Education.

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About the Author

Mordechai Gordon is a Professor of Education in the School of Education at Quinnipiac University. His areas of specialization are philosophy of education, teacher education and humor. He is author of Ten Common Myths in American Education (2005) and the editor of Hannah Arendt and Education: Renewing our Common World, winner of the 2002 AESA Critics Choice Award. Dr. Gordon has published numerous articles in scholarly journals such as Educational Theory, Journal of Teacher Education, Oxford Review of Education and Journal of Aesthetic Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433130327
• ISBN 13: 9781433130328
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174