Open AccessInvitational Education as a Logical, Ethical and Democratic Means to Reform
Author(s) -
Kenneth H. Brinson
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of invitational theory and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1060-6041
DOI - 10.26522/jitp.v4i1.3880
Subject(s) - democracy , feeling , democratic education , work (physics) , philosophy of education , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , political science , public relations , social psychology , higher education , law , politics , engineering , mechanical engineering
A pervasive feeling exists that whatever is being attempted in education is not working and needs to be changed in dramatic fashion. Educational reform has become faddish and conflicting in the explanations of what is needed. Many reforms ignore that people are involved and concentrate solely on the systems in which people work. Invitational Education seeks to assist individuals and their relationships with others. It is rooted in the foundations of democratic philosophy and it is imperative that those tenets are directly applied in any educational reform initiative.