Intro
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Introduction
Issues in Context
A Case for Provoking Thinking
The Structure of This Book
References
2 Changing Education, Changing Practice
Introduction
Aristotle's Scheme of Knowledge
Definition and Nature of Different Types of Knowledge
The Challenges and Primacy of Phronesis
Two Contrasting Worldviews of Practice: A Case for Illustration
A Paradigm Shift in Perceiving the Relationship Between Outcome and Process
Changing Education, Changing Practice: The Primacy of Phronesis
References

3 Learning in Practice
Introduction
Major Concern
Gadamer and Education
The Condition for Learning in the Light of Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics
The Role of Tradition and Pre-judgement
Questioning as an Ontological/Existential Necessity
The Primacy of Interpretation and Its Ethical Basis for the Impulse of Questioning
The Three Moments of the Hermeneutic Process
The Understanding Moment
The Interpretation Moment
The Application Moment
Interim Reflection
Learning in Practice
Education: A Moral Enterprise and Its Implications for Learning

Educational Practice: Implications for Learning
Conclusion
References
4 Cultivating a Whole Person
Introduction
In Search of an Alternative Understanding of Education
The Way Students Learn in Sudbury
Reflection with an Analogy
Examples of Learning in Practice
The Philosophy Governing the Operation of the School
A Reflective Summary
The "Evil" Behind the Educational Enterprise
The Other Side of Sudbury: The Ethical Dimension of Freedom
The Valuable Lesson We May Learn from Sudbury with a Phronetic Lens
Cultivating a Whole Person

The Epistemological Underpinning for the Definition of the "Whole"
The Practices of Sudbury from a Phronetic Perspective
Conclusion
References
5 What is Education All About?
Introduction
Whose "Talent"? Whose "Excellence"?
Students as Customers Versus Citizens
A Case for Provoking Thinking
The Current Situation: "Winning at the Starting Line"
The Myth of "Self-motivation" and "Success"
The Myth of Technology
A Forward-Looking Vision (1): The Call for "Life Education"
A Forward-Looking Vision (2): The Call for "Character Education"

A Forward-Looking Vision (3): The Call for "Parent Education"
The Autonomy of Education
Conclusion
Yearning for a Richer Account of Education
Yearning for a Thicker Account of Teaching
Yearning for a Deeper Account of Learning
References
6 Education in Search of a Future
Introduction
"The Absence of Thought in Learning"
The Question of How Learning Would Not Happen
The Root of the Problem
A Reflection on Hui's Solution
Consultation Document on School Curriculum Review 2019
Structure of the Document
Issues Identified
Analysis