Work, Play and Language Learning: Some Implications for Curriculum Policy of Michael Oakeshott’s Philosophy of Education

Educational Philosophy and Theory 52 (5):535-548 (2020)
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This paper applies Oakeshott’s distinction between work and play to his philosophy of language education. The first part explores his critique of the vocational rationale for learning foreign languages and his affirmation of the intrinsic value or playful character of the activity. The second part of the article endeavours to give practical content to Oakeshott’s vision of studying language for the pleasure of the activity by drawing on sources that reflect the character of the experience in terms of playfulness.

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On Human Conduct.Michael Oakeshott - 1991 - Clarendon Press.
On Human Conduct.Michael Oakeshott - 1977 - Mind 86 (343):453-456.
On Human Conduct.David Copp - 1977 - Philosophical Review 86 (2):235.
Education: The engagement and its frustration.Michael Oakeshott - 1971 - Journal of Philosophy of Education 5 (1):43–76.
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