• Login
    View Item 
    •   OpenDocs Home
    • Institute of Development Studies Research Repository
    • Impact Initiative
    • Education
    • View Item
    •   OpenDocs Home
    • Institute of Development Studies Research Repository
    • Impact Initiative
    • Education
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Defending the Need for a Foundational Epistemic Capability in Education

    Thumbnail
    Date
    2019
    Author
    Walker, Melanie
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Impact
    Abstract
    The paper takes up Sen’s concerns with education on the one hand and public reasoning on the other, and shows that his concerns require that formal education develop a capability that potentially fosters inclusive public reasoning in all students. Drawing on and extending Miranda Fricker’s work, and informed by a global South positionality and empirical research, the argument is made for an epistemic capability that includes attention to the cognitive and knowledge but also to a domain of sharing and giving values. How this capability can be fostered and how it can also be thwarted is discussed. Finally, a concern with how an adequate living standard underpins this epistemic capability and the goodness of an educational life that a student can lead is considered. Overall, the paper argues that education—and fostering an epistemic capability—can make a crucial contribution to inclusive reasoning and democratic participation in a (more) just society.
    URI
    https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16111
    Citation
    Melanie Walker (2019) Defending the Need for a Foundational Epistemic Capability in Education, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 20:2, 218-232, DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2018.1536695
    DOI
    10.1080/19452829.2018.1536695
    More details
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2018.1536695
    Rights holder
    Copyright © Informa UK
    Collections
    • Education [103]

    About OpenDocs | OpenDocs Policy | Help | Contact Us | Send Feedback | Disclaimer and Cookies
     

     

    Browse

    All of OpenDocsCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    About OpenDocs | OpenDocs Policy | Help | Contact Us | Send Feedback | Disclaimer and Cookies