Education and the development of personal autonomy

Ger Snik

pp. 211-222

in: Wouter van Haaften, Michiel Korthals, Thomas Wren (eds), Philosophy of development, Berlin, Springer, 1997

Abstract

In chapter 14, we analyzed and evaluated some educational applications of genetic structuralist theories (e.g., Kohlberg's "one-stage-above-approach") and some of the educational concepts used (e.g., "content learning" and 'structure learning"). In this chapter we will indicate how a suitably qualified genetic structuralist approach may offer a fruitful perspective on how education contributes to the development of personal autonomy.