On the Education of Policymakers
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- Published by Harvard Education Publishing Group in Harvard Educational Review
- Vol. 54 (2) , 152-166
- https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.54.2.b32g0605572r3653
Abstract
Policymaking has in recent years often been conceived as a technical problem-solving activity,and the education of policymakers has consequently emphasized training in discipline-based skills. In opposition to such a conception, Israel Scheffler outlines a view of the education of policymakers that emphasizes its humanistic character. Accordingly, he stresses the importance not only of understanding a variety of disciplinary idioms but also of insight into the ordinary languages of those persons whose problems are to be addressed. Further, he advocates reflexive awareness of presuppositions of value, culture, habit, and knowledge implicit in the policymaker's own activity. Finally, he urges special attention to temporal and historical dimensions of the policymaker's world.Keywords
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