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Author:   Mark Murphy (University of Chester, UK) ,  Ted Fleming (National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780415536592

ISBN 10:   0415536596
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   21 February 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Introduction 1. Communication, Deliberation, Reason: An Introduction to Habermas, Mark Murphy and Ted Fleming Section 2: Key Issues and Debates in Habermas and Education 2. Educational Implications of the Idea of Deliberative Democracy, Tomas Englund 3. Communicative Utopia and Political Re-Education, Marianna Papasthephanou 4. The Concept of Lifeworld and Education in Post-Modernity: A Critical Appraisal of Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action, Sigmund Ongstad 5. Habermas, Eurocentrism and Education: The Indigenous Knowledge Debate, Raymond A. Morrow 6. Forms of Rationality and Public Sector Reform: Habermas, Education and Social Policy, Mark Murphy Section 3: Habermas Applied: Critical Theory And Educational Provision 7. Developing Competence in Collegial Spaces: Exploring Critical Theory and Community Education, John Bamber 8. Condemned to Learn: Habermas, University and the Learning Society, Ted Fleming 9. Learning Democratic Reason: The Adult Education Project of Jürgen Habermas, Stephen Brookfield 10. Citizenship, Discourse Ethics and an Emancipatory Model of Lifelong Learning, Clarence W. Joldersma and Ruth Deakin Crick 11. Practice and Theory of Narrative Inquiry in Education, Carola Conle 12. Educating Social Workers for Lifeworld and System, Barry Cooper 13. Jürgen Habermas, Critical Social Theory and Nursing Education: Implications for Caring in Nursing, Jane Sumner Section 4: Conclusion 14. Taking Aim at the Heart of Education: Critical Theory and the Future of Learning, Ted Fleming and Mark Murphy

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Mark Murphy is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Programme Leader for Education Studies in the Faculty of Education and Children's Services, University of Chester. Previously he worked as a Lecturer and Programme Director of a Teacher Training Programme at the University of Stirling. Prior to that, Dr. Murphy worked at University College Dublin and the National University of Ireland Maynooth. He has published widely, with numerous articles in journals such as the Journal of Education Policy, Journal of European Public Policy, European Journal of Education and the International Journal of Lifelong Education. His current research interests include educational sociology, critical theory, accountability in higher education, and public sector reform. Ted Fleming is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Adult and Community Education at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, having previously been an Adult Education Organiser in County Louth Ireland. He is Director of the Centre for Research in Adult Learning and Education and coordinates the postgraduate research degrees in adult education at NUIM.  His research interests include transformation theory, critical theory, mature students, access and higher education. Current research projects include an EU longitudinal study of dropout and retention issues for adult students in university, and a government sponsored study of the post-degree work experiences of mature students.

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