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Living Across And Through Skins: Transactional Bodies, Pragmatism, And Feminism. [Review], Sarah M. Stitzlein
Living Across And Through Skins: Transactional Bodies, Pragmatism, And Feminism. [Review], Sarah M. Stitzlein
Education
Review of:
Shannon Sullivan, Living across and through Skins: Transactional Bodies, Pragmatism and Feminism. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2001. 204 pp.
The Demands Of Liberal Education. [Review], Sarah M. Stitzlein
The Demands Of Liberal Education. [Review], Sarah M. Stitzlein
Education
Oxford-trained liberal theorist and practicing teacher, Meira Levinson, offers a well-articulated argument for her vision of the ideal liberal education in The Demands of Liberal Education. Particularly helpful for those of us who struggle to convey the aims of liberal education to our children and students, she provides an eloquent explanation as she describes her ideal school and the steps necessary for its realization:
The aim of liberal education is to teach children the skills, habits, knowledge, and dispositions for them to be thoughtful, mature, self-assured individuals who map their path in the world with care and confidence, take responsibility …