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OverviewThe silent ascendancy of a therapeutic ethos across the education system and into the workplace demands a book that serves as a wake up call to everyone. Kathryn Ecclestone and Dennis Hayes' controversial and compelling book uses a wealth of examples across the education system, from primary schools to university, and the workplace to show how therapeutic education is turning children, young people and adults into anxious and self-preoccupied individuals rather than aspiring, optimistic and resilient learners who want to know everything about the world. The chapters address a variety of thought-provoking themes, including how therapeutic ideas from popular culture dominate social thought and social policies and offer a diminished view of human potential how schools undermine parental confidence and authority by fostering dependence and compulsory participation in therapeutic activities based on disclosing emotions to others how higher education has adopted therapeutic forms of teacher training because many academics have lost faith in the pursuit of knowledge how such developments are propelled by a deluge of political initiatives in areas such as emotional literacy, emotional well-being and the 'soft outcomes' of learning The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education is eye-opening reading for every teacher, student teacher and parent who retains any belief in the power of knowledge to transform people's lives. Its insistent call for a serious public debate about the emotional state of education should also be at the forefront of the minds of every agent of change in society... from parent to policy maker. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kathryn Ecclestone (University of Birmingham, UK) , Kathryn Ecclestone (University of Sheffield, UK) , Dennis Hayes (University of Derby, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.316kg ISBN: 9780415397018ISBN 10: 0415397014 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 27 June 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeward by Frank Furedi Preface: The rise of emotional problems 1 In an emotional state 2 The therapeutic primary school 3 The therapeutic secondary school 4 The therapeutic college 5 The therapeutic university 6 The therapeutic workplace 7 Explaining the emotional state 8 The therapeutic turn in education: a response to our critics Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationOxford Brookes University, UK Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |