Arendt on Education

Arendt's unique combination of both a liberal and conservative view on education keeps her from belonging to any particular theory-based formula set for education. She probably sees that as a strength knowing how she feels about ideologues. She seems to discuss more of the issues with education rather than a solution. She proposes a return to classical education but there obviously can't be a complete return to that because that would be a step back, not forward. So she adds dimension to it by intertwining natality and introducing the children to the world. It is more about the concepts than actual applications that should be used in the classroom. This is where her theory has strengths. It isn't all guidelines but something open for interpretation.