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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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text file |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index. |
| Contents |
PART ONE : Developing a conception of human well-being. Basics of well-being : subjectivity, satisfaction, and experience -- Experience, desire, and well-being -- Attunement, motivation, and reasons -- Perceiving and valuing in hermeneutic experience -- Structuring and evaluating a life -- PART TWO : Implications for education policy and practice. Perfectionism and human capabilities -- Perfectionism, liberalism, and political deliberation -- Judging well-being -- Seducing souls -- Epilogue : Philosophy as a way of life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education -- Philosophy.
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Education -- Philosophy. |
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Transformative learning.
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Transformative learning. |
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Well-being.
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Well-being. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hostetler, Karl D. Seducing Souls : Education and the Experience of Human Well-Being. London : Continuum International Publishing Group, ©2011 9781441149602 |
| ISBN |
9781441113986 (electronic book) |
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1441113983 (electronic book) |
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9781441126184 |
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144112618X |
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9781441149602 |
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1441149600 |
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