A conservative perspective: A critical assessment of Michael Oakeshott's concept of education

References

• Oakeshott , Michael . 1933 . Experience and its Modes , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
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• 1975 . On Human Conduct , Oxford : Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press .
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• 1983 . On Historiography , Oxford : Blackwell .
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• 1962 . Rationalism in Politics and other essays , London : Methuen .
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• Oakeshott , Michael . 1962 . “Political Education ” . In Rationalism in Politics and other essays , 7 – 13 . London : Methuen . (Hereafter referred to as Rationalism in Politics)
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• Pitkin , Hanna . 1974 . “The Roots of Conservatism” . In The New Conservatives: a Critique from the Left , Edited by: Coser , L.A. and Howe , I. 143 – 288 . New York : Quadrangle .
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• Oakeshott . Nationalism in Politics 7 – 13 . where his general approach to epistemology is presented
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• Peters , H.S. 1974 . Psychology and Ethical Development , London : Allen and Unwin .
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• Oakeshott , Michale . 1967 . “The Definition of a University” . Journal of Educational Thought , 1 ( 3 ) : 129 – 143 . As well as the essay on Oakeshott (pp.433–454) see the remarks in the preface, p.15.
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• Dearden , R.F. , eds. 1975 . “Education: The engagement and its frustration” . In A critique of current educational aims, Part I of Education and the development of reason , 17 – 48 . London : Routledge and Kegan Paul .
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• Oakeshott , Michael . 1975 . “A Place of Learning” . The Colorado College Studies , January : 6 – 29 .
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• Matthews , Michael R. 1980 . The Marxist Theory of Schooling , 160 Sussex : Harvester Press . where there is a scathing criticism of the relationship between Oakeshott's thought and that of Hirst and Peters
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• Oakeshott . Rationalism in Politics 168 – 197 .
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• Ibid., p. 168.
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• Ibid., p. 169.
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• Ibid., p. 175. 10. Ibid., p. 177.
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• Oakeshott . Rationalism in Politics 303
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• Peters , R.S. , ed. 1973 . “Learning and Teaching” . In The Concept of Education , 156 – 177 . London : Routledge and Kegan Paul . The term ‘second nature’ is used in the essav entitled “The Study of ‘Politics’ in a University”, pp. 303–333.
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• The expression ‘geistige welt’ occurs three times, pp. 158–159.
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• Oakeshott . Rationalism in Politics 303 “Learning and Teaching”, p. 159, “Education: The engagement and its frustration”, p. 21.
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• Oakeshott . “Education: The engagement and its Frustration” . 22 23 25 29 “A Place of Learning”, p. 12. What Oakeshott is offering is a specification of what education should be, his definition is normative and not descriptive
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• Oakeshott . “A Place of Learning” . 16
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• Oakeshott . Rationalism in Politics 303 The phrase appears twice here and recurs on two occasions in “Education: the engagement and its frustrations”., pp. 21, 25
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• cf. Oakeshott, “Education: The engagement and its frustration”, the whole essay is basically about this issue.
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• Oakeshott . “Learning and Teaching” . 174
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• Ibid.
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• Gregory , I.M.M. and Woods , R.G. 1971 . “Valuable in Itself” . Educational Philosophy and Theory , 3 ( 2 ) October The authors hold the opposite view to the one defended here
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• Oakeshott . Rationalism in Politics 303
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• Oakeshott . “Learning and Teaching” . 160 “The Definition of a University”, p. 131
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• Oakeshott . “A Place of Learning” . 12
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• Murphy , Christina . 1983 . “Perpetuating the Class Barrier” . The Irish Times , February 24 In this interview with David Rottman there is a helpful overview of research findings on this situation as it applies to Ireland
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• Oakeshott . “Learning and Teaching” . 159 161
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• Gaden , T.G. 1983 . “The Case for Specialisation” . Irish Educational Studies , 3 ( 1 ) This penetrating polemic provides some apposite observations on the inadequacies of such curricular amalagams
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