Education, Freedom, and Equality

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Since the Enlightenment, the trunk of the tree of modern democracy has been education in freedom and equality. In this tradition, freedom is complex: embodied, emotional, practical, intellectual, social, and political. Equality is indirect, especially in the learning space. Moreover, the nature of education is profoundly affected by freedom and equality. This introductory course in modern philosophy of education takes up core texts from the tradition to explore the meaning of education in a free society. Counts as a Communication Intensive course.