Seducing Souls: Education and the Experience of Human Well-Being

ISBN-13: 9781441149602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 256 str.

Karl D Hostetler

Opis

The simple premise of this book is that the purpose of education is to serve the well-being of students. Well-being might seem to be an obvious aim for education, but it has been given insufficient attention and often is poorly understood. Karl D. Hostetler asks: What does it mean for a human being to live a good life, to experience well-being? How, as individuals and a society, can we debate and evaluate the quality of lives? What classroom practices would be conducive to furthering the welfare of our students? Hostetler explores how teachers can "seduce" students' souls, guiding and provoking while still respecting individuals' rights to conceive and live a fulfilling life for themselves. He prompts serious reflection about the purposes of education and challenges dominant ideas about the aims of education, the politics of policy-making, and the practice of teaching. Seducing Souls argues eloquently and provocatively for the necessity of experiences that touch the soul, that elevate the young self so that students can better understand life and discern value.

Spis treści

Introduction       
Part One - Developing a Conception of Human Well-Being
Chapter One:  Basics of Well-Being:  Subjectivity, Satisfaction, and Experience
Chapter Two: Experience, Desire, and Well-Being    
Chapter Three: Attunement, Motivation, and Reasons   
Chapter Four: Perceiving and Valuing in Hermeneutic Experience
Chapter Five: Structuring and Evaluating a Life
Part Two - Educational Implications
Chapter Six: Perfectionism and Human Capabilities   
Chapter Seven: Perfectionism, Liberalism, and Political Deliberation  
Chapter Eight: Judging Well-Being      
Chapter Nine: Seducing Souls
Epilogue:  Philosophy as a Way of Life 
Bibliography
Index