Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. The Nature of Hermeneutics and Its Relevance to Educational Theory PART 1 2. Interpretation and Educational Experience 3. Interpretational and Educational Circles 4. Hermeneutical Constraints 5. Hermeneutical Possibilities 6. The Nature of Education PART 2 7. Conservative Hermeneutics and Educational Theory 8. Critical Hermeneutics and Educational Theory 9. Radical Hermeneutics and Educational Theory 10. Education and Hermeneutics Notes Subject Index Name Index