ES 6330 - Education and Human Flourishing

This course centers on the idea that education is conceived in relation to visions of human flourishing; we educate to make lives better. The long history of education reveals many interpretations of what human flourishing entails. Shifting ideas about human nature and diversity - involving social categorization, stereotyping, and cultural bias - play an important role in our understanding what kinds of flourishing, and education, are possible and desirable. As such, this course provides historical context for thinking about today’s leading ideas regarding the nature and diverse forms of human flourishing in relation to the role and purposed of education in our society.

Note: Open to graduate students only.

Credits: 3 hours