Swimming Aagainst the Tide in Current Educational Practice: Thoughts and Proposals from a Communitarian Perspective

Abstract

This article analyses certain contemporary educational practices, that undermine the true nature of education. It argues for a conception in which consideration is given both to immediate objectives as well as to more general goals. We identify three principal misconceptions that can be considered as hampering an adequate understanding of the meaning of education, and several communitarian arguments are outlined that should allow for the reorientation of this practice.

Keywords:

• Ethics
• education
• professional development
• teacher training
• communitarianism