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    Educational Experience, Pedagogical Research and the State’s Interest


    Hogan, Pádraig (2023) Educational Experience, Pedagogical Research and the State’s Interest. Paedagogia Christiana, 51 (1). pp. 19-39. ISSN 1505-6872

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    Official URL: https://doi.org/10.12775/PCh.2023.001


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    Abstract

    This contribution makes the case that education has inherent purposes which distinguish it as a human practice; purposes that are distinct from those of the state . The philosophical and historical ancestry of these purposes is explored . This exploration reveals that educational experience is more properly understood as a live encounter with inheritances of learning than as a matter of transmission . The teaching of religion is taken as a concrete example to highlight this key difference . Where the state fails to recognise the inherent purposes of education, these purposes can become compromised . Accordingly, educational practice may fall victim to different kinds of domination . Some historical and more recent examples of such domination are identified and considered, as is an example of a healthy relationship between the state and educational practice . The consequences of the investigation for pedagogical research and practice, and for the proper relationship of the state to education, are then reviewed.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: experience; practice; intrinsic goals; encounter; inheritances of learning;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Education
    Item ID: 18298
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.12775/PCh.2023.001
    Depositing User: Dr. Padraig Hogan,
    Date Deposited: 21 Mar 2024 13:51
    Journal or Publication Title: Paedagogia Christiana
    Publisher: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń [University Publisher]
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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