Navigating through the storm : : reinventing education for postmodern democracies / / Aharon Aviram.

• Superior document: Educational Futures ; 34
• VerfasserIn: Aviram, Roni, 1951-
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, [2010]; 2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Educational Futures ; 34.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book aims to systematically tackle the most severe crisis to ever beset Western education systems, which stems from the growing clash between the Platonic-modern civilization—still very much at the core of prevailing education systems—and the postmodern civilization which has become dominant in Western societies in the last generations. The book counters this crisis by radically and systematically rethinking education for postmodern democracies, beginning by comprehensively analyzing the main features of current postmodern "storms" along with their engulfing socio-cultural and educational implications, and proceeding to offer a theoretical and practical blueprint designed to harness these storms for optimally realizing the basic Humanistic values that should guide education in liberal democracies: personal autonomy, morality and dialogical belonging.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- The Crisis of Modern Education in the Postmodern Era -- The Disappearance of Educational Goals in the Postmodern Era -- The Disappearance of Justification for the Theoretical Curriculum in the Postmodern Era -- The Disappearance of Structural Functionality of the Modern School in the Postmodern Era -- The Disappearance of Schools’ Target Audience in the Postmodern Era -- Educational Goals for Postmodern Liberal Democracies -- An Educational Program for Postmodern Liberal Democracies -- A Structure for Educational Organizations in Postmodern Liberal Democracies -- The Status of Young People in Postmodern Liberal Democracies -- The Importance of Navigating Through the Postmodern Storm -- Implementing Autonomy Oriented Education Today -- Annex 1: My Intellectual Journey -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index.