Towards Rational Education: A Social Framework of Moral Values and Practices

ISBN-13: 9780367701789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 226 str.

Demetris Katsikis

Opis

Towards Rational Education explores how education can become rational by serving character building, rational thinking and the common good. It uses evidence-based psychology, philosophy sociology and political science to support transforming education and provides a brand new framework for effective universal education.

Spis treści

Introduction  PART ONE – Rational education values  1. My vision for education  2. Fundamental values of rational education  3. Education vs. educational system  Conclusion to Part 1: Answers to fundamental questions  PART TWO – Rational education practices  4. Existing Schools: Towards more rational education  5. Rational schools: An elegant form of rational education  6. Rational education in the 21st century  7. Fundamental practices of rational education in the Rational School  8. Why rational education values and practices are really not established in schools: An essential commentary and the call for rational schools  Instead of an epilogue: on healthy utopia

O autorze

Demetris Katsikis (PhD, RE&CBT) is the coordinator of services, research, training and development at the Hellenic Institute for Rational-Emotive and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Athens, Greece. His specialties include school/community, developmental and clinical psychology applied to diverse settings including psychotherapy, counseling, education and rational living. He is the founder and leader of the evolving Ψχ Work Group and Community in Greece and the Editor-in-Chief of the Ψχ Journal. He is currently striving to set the foundations for the establishment of rational education values and practices at the sociopolitical level.