Liberal Education and Liberalism in Modern Society.

The article presents the author's views concerning the liberal education and liberalism in modern society. The author says that over the years, he and his colleagues have reviewed the writings of educational philosophers, effects of developing different patterns of competence including perceptions o...

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Published in:Good Society Journal Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 29 - 38
Main Author: Raven, John
Format: Article
Published: Pennsylvania State University Press 2005
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Summary:The article presents the author's views concerning the liberal education and liberalism in modern society. The author says that over the years, he and his colleagues have reviewed the writings of educational philosophers, effects of developing different patterns of competence including perceptions of society and the societies in which they live. The author concludes that liberal perspective on public management in the modern world would not look like the laissez-fair capitalism. He says that they need to encourage a wide variety of schools experimenting with a huge variety of distinctively different educational processes.