Obstinate education : reconnecting school and society / by G2019ert Biesta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biesta, Gert, author.

Series:

Educational Futures ; 2214-9872 volume 72.

Educational Futures, 2214-9872 ; volume 72

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational sociology.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Democracy and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 181 pages)

Other Title:

Reconnecting school and society

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2019].

Biography/History:

"Gert Biesta, PhD (1992), Leiden University, is Professor of Public Education at Maynooth University, Ireland and Professor for Education at the University of Humanistic Studies, the Netherlands. He writes about educational theory and policy and the philosophy of social research."--Provided by publisher.

Summary:

"What should the relationship between school and society be? Obstinate Education: Reconnecting School and Society argues that education is not just there to give individuals, groups and societies what they want from it, but that education has a duty to resist. Education needs to be obstinate, not for the sake of being difficult, but in order to make sure that it can contribute to emancipation and democratisation. This requires that education always brings in the question whether what is desired from it is going to help with living life well, individually and collectively, on a planet that has a limited capacity for giving everything that is desired from it. This book argues that education should not just be responsive but should keep its own responsibility; should not just focus on empowerment but also on emancipation; and, through this, should help students to become ‘world-wise.’ It argues that critical thinking and classroom philosophy should retain a political orientation and not be reduced to useful thinking skills, and shows the importance of hesitation in educational relationships. This text makes a strong case for the connection between education and democracy, both in the context of schools, colleges and universities and in the work of public pedagogy."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. The Duty to Resist

Chapter 1. Responsive or Responsible? Democratic Education for the Global Networked Society

Chapter 2. How General Can Bildung Be? Reflections on the Future of a Modern Educational Ideal

Chapter 3. Becoming World-Wise: An Educational Perspective on the Rhetorical Curriculum

Chapter 4. Critical Thinking and the Question of Critique: Some Lessons from Deconstruction

Chapter 5. Philosophy, Exposure, and Children: How to Resist the Instrumentalisation of Philosophy in Education

Chapter 6. No Education without Hesitation: Exploring the Limits of Educational Relations

Chapter 7. Transclusion: Overcoming the Tension between Inclusion and Exclusion in the Discourse on Democracy and Democratisation

Chapter 8. Education and Democracy Revisited: Dewey’s Democratic Deficit

Chapter 9. Making Pedagogy Public: For the Public, of the Public, or in the Interest of Publicness?

Conclusion. Looking Back and Looking Forward

Annex. From Experimentalism to Existentialism: Writing in the Margins of Philosophy of Education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-181) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Biesta, Gert. Obstinate education.

ISBN:

9789004401105

9004401105

OCLC:

1117283285

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004401105 DOI