Taking Care of the Future Moral Education and British Humanitarianism in South Africa

Taking Care of the Future examines the moral dimensions and transformative capacities of education and humanitarianism through an intimate portrayal of learners, volunteers, donors, and educators at a special needs school in South Africa and a partnering UK-based charity. Drawing on his professional...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pattenden, Oliver
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:Anthropological Studies of Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Constructing Futures
  • 2. Living in a City, Town, and Location
  • 3. Extrinsic Barriers to Learning and Judgements of Normality
  • 4. A Loving Education
  • 5. Promoting Specialness/Creating Transformations
  • 6. The Politics of Obligations
  • 7. Being Taught How to Hope
  • 8. Moral Contestation and the Value of Schooling.