Making Sense of Education Fifteen Contemporary Educational Theorists in their own Words

This volume gives educational theorists the chance to let rip and say what they really want to say. In doing so it sends a blast of fresh air through the dusty halls of academe. The vast majority of the literature in education theory and philosophy follows the conventions of academic writing, and ri...

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Other Authors: Biesta, Gert (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface.- Introduction, Gert J.J. Biesta.- In Pursuit of Respectful Teaching and Intellectually-Dynamic Social Fields, Frank Margonis.- Education: Understanding, Ethics, and the Call of Justice, Clarence W. Joldersma.- Exercising Theory: A Perspective on its Practice, Christiane Thompson.- Lived Relationality as Fulcrum for Pedagogical–Ethical Practice, Tone Saevi.- Edwin & Phyllis, Lynn Fendler.- Philosophy of Education is Bent, Cris Mayo
  • Philosophy of Education in a Poor Historical Moment: A Personal Account, Ilan Gur-Zeev
  • What I Talk About When I Talk About Teaching and Learning, Carl Anders Säfström.- Nurturing a Democratic Community in the Classroom, Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon
  • The Educational Thing, Thomas Aastrup Rømer.- Going to the Heart of the Matter, Sharon Todd.- Two Educational Ideas for 2011 and Beyond, Charles Bingham.- On the Essence of Education, Alexander M. Sidorkin.- Experimentum Scholae: The World Once More … But Not (Yet) Finished, Jan Masschelein
  • Coming Into the World, Uniqueness, and the Beautiful Risk of Education: An Interview with Gert Biesta by Philip Winter