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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819539903321

Autore

Biesta Gert

Titolo

The beautiful risk of education / / Gert J.J. Biesta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-63586-0

1-317-26330-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Collana

Interventions: education, philosophy, and culture

Disciplina

370.1

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Education - Aims and objectives

Teaching - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2013 by Paradigm Publishers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Creativity; Chapter Two Communication; Chapter Three Teaching; Chapter Four Learning; Chapter Five Emancipation; Chapter Six Democracy; Chapter Seven Virtuosity; Epilogue For a Pedagogy of the Event; Appendix Coming into the World, Uniqueness, and the Beautiful Risk of Education: An Interview with Gert Biesta by Philip Winter; Bibliography; Sources to Be Acknowledged; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Argues for a 'risk-based' approach to pedagogy, based on WB Yeats' view that education is not about filling a bucket but lighting a fire.