Description: Further DetailsTitle: Happiness, Hope, and DespairCondition: NewSubtitle: Rethinking the Role of EducationEAN: 9781433120985ISBN: 9781433120985Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 10/22/2015Description: In the Western world it is usually taken as given that we all want happiness, and our educational arrangements tacitly acknowledge this. Happiness, Hope, and Despair argues, however, that education has an important role to play in deepening our understanding of suffering and despair as well as happiness and joy. Education can be uncomfortable, unpredictable, and unsettling; it can lead to greater uncertainty and unhappiness. Drawing on the work of Søren Kierkegaard, Miguel de Unamuno, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Simone Weil, Paulo Freire, and others, Peter Roberts shows why these features of educational life need not be feared; to the contrary, they can be seen as a source of hope and human fulfilment. After years of negotiating an education system dominated by the language of competition, performance, and economic advancement, students and teachers often long for something different; they seek not just measurable success but also opportunities to ask searching questions of themselves and the world they encounter. Happiness, Hope, and Despair makes an important contribution toward meeting this need. It fosters a rethinking of the nature, purpose, and value of education, and opens up possibilities for further scholarly and professional inquiry.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 230mmItem Length: 155mmItem Weight: 320gAuthor: Peter RobertsGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: Complicated ConversationTopic: Children's Learning & Education, Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Happiness, Hope, and Despair
Title: Happiness, Hope, and Despair
Subtitle: Rethinking the Role of Education
EAN: 9781433120985
ISBN: 9781433120985
Release Date: 10/22/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 230mm
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 140 Pages
Publication Name: Happiness, Hope, and Despair : Rethinking the Role of Education
Language: English
Publisher: Lang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Aims & Objectives, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities
Features: New Edition
Item Weight: 11.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Peter Roberts
Subject Area: Education
Item Length: 9.1 in
Series: Complicated Conversation Ser.: a Book Series of Curriculum Studies
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
