Moving Images of Eternity - (Education) by William F Pinar (Paperback)

About the Book

A sustained and original study designed as a reference book that highlights George Grant's prescience of today's teaching.

Book Synopsis

William F. Pinar presents a comprehensive and original study that demonstrates the significance and pertinence of the scholarship of George Grant for teaching today. While there are studies of Grant's political philosophy, there has been no sustained study of his teaching. Pinar not only draws upon the collected works; he has also consulted Grant's PhD thesis at Oxford, as well as the philosopher's biography, collected letters, and the vast secondary literature.

What emerges is a treatise that reveals Grant's timeliness and his prescience in identifying and critiquing key educational issues nearly half a century ago, from academic vocationalism and educational technology to privatization and the ascendency of research--issues that are eminently relevant today.

Beyond the classroom, Grant's concerns extended to the impact of economic globalization which, he feared, would erase distinctive national histories and cultures. As such, Grant foresaw the current issues of right-wing populism, notably in the UK and the US, as reactions against these historical tendencies.

This volume is destined to become an indispensable reference work for students of Grant in particular and for students of education in general.

Review Quotes

A curriculum specialist, Pinar maintains the primacy of the curriculum and its obligation to question what knowledge is worthy of being taught; judging from his study of Grant, it would be less of the STEM subjects and more of theology, philosophy, and art. Nowhere is there an argument to be found in favour of balance and an engagement with rapidly developing technologies for which youth must be prepared--and, yes, to earn a living as well as to contemplate in their cubicles and to wish that their days might be "[b]ound each to each by natural piety." We leave William sitting on the rock, renouncing the idols of the marketplace and academy.

--Angelika Maeser Lemieux "https: //canlit.ca/article/presence-of-the-past/" (10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM)

About the Author

William F. Pinar est professeur et titulaire d'une chaire de recherche à la University of British Columbia. En 2015, il a reçu le Prix ACÉC de services émérites Ted T. Aoki conféré par l'Association canadienne pour l'étude du curriculum. Il a été président de l'International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies.