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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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
URI:	Publisher
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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