Knowledge Path · 5 books
What Is a School Supposed to Leave Behind?
Five answers that can't all be right: schooling makes a citizen, teaching is impossible, intelligence is itself a virtue, culture is the best that has been thought, and knowledge is worth nothing beyond itself. Where this leaves you: whether "what is education for" is even a question education can answer about itself.
What you'll understandWhen someone finishes being taught, what should be different about them?
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Free previewMoral principles in education
Dewey's claim: morality isn't a subject added to the curriculum, it's a property of how the school is organized as a small society. Question: What is Dewey saying a school actually is?
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The philosophy of teaching
Augustine's De Magistro: nobody can teach anybody anything — words only point; the learner recognizes truth from the inside or not at all. Question: If Augustine is right, what was Dewey describing?
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The moral obligation to be intelligent
Erskine attacks the assumption both prior rungs share — that being good and being smart are separate projects. Question: Which of the other four authors would Erskine accuse of treating intelligence as suspect?
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Culture and Anarchy
Arnold's answer is content, not method: the best that has been thought and said — the direct enemy of Dewey's instrumentalism. Question: Who decides what counts as "the best"?
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Idea of a University
Newman argues liberal knowledge is its own end and is degraded the moment you justify it by usefulness. Question: Where does Newman concede something to the usefulness argument?
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