<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Indoctrination is a large and important issue in (not only moral) education. It is considered to be one of the capital pedagogical faults. However, the question is, what does it mean to indoctrinate? Educators from the liberal camp of the educational spectrum have had the tendency to criticize the traditional approach as “indoctrinational.” On the other hand, proponents of the traditional approach object that if indoctrination were defined properly then even the liberal approach would not be immune. This raises two fundamental questions that will be the subject of this study: a) what exactly does it mean to indoctrinate? b) is education without indoctrination even possible?</p></abstract>

Indoctrination is a large and important issue in (not only moral) education. It is considered to be one of the capital pedagogical faults. However, the question is, what does it mean to indoctrinate? Educators from the liberal camp of the educational spectrum have had the tendency to criticize the traditional approach as “indoctrinational.” On the other hand, proponents of the traditional approach object that if indoctrination were defined properly then even the liberal approach would not be immune. This raises two fundamental questions that will be the subject of this study: a) what exactly does it mean to indoctrinate? b) is education without indoctrination even possible?

The problem of indoctrination, with a focus on moral education

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Indoctrination is a large and important issue in (not only moral) education. It is considered to be one of the capital pedagogical faults. However, the...

The problem of indoctrination, with a focus on moral education

Published Online: Dec 30, 2017

Page range: 187 - 198

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2017-0014

Keywords
education, indoctrination, liberal approach, traditional approach, rationality

© 2017 Jan Hábl, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The problem of indoctrination, with a focus on moral education

Published Online: Dec 30, 2017

Page range: 187 - 198

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ebce-2017-0014

Keywordseducation, indoctrination, liberal approach, traditional approach, rationality

© 2017 Jan Hábl, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
education, indoctrination, liberal approach, traditional approach, rationality