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In this article an attempt is made to provide a re-vision of philosophy of education that will redress the legacy of the past in South Africa, and contribute to laying the foundations of a critical civil society with a culture of tolerance, public debate and accommodation of differences and competing interests. This re-vision of philosophy of education, which finds its roots in developments in philosophy in the twentieth century, and especially in the discourse of postmodernism, directs attention to a pluralistic problem-centred approach to philosophy of education.
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Higgs, P. Philosophy of education in South Africa: A Re-vision". Studies in Philosophy and Education 17, 1–16 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004932504245
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