Beautiful Risk of Education

Gert J. J. Biesta

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Language: English

Published by Taylor and Francis Inc, US, 2013

1612050263 / 9781612050263

Series: Book 4 of 11 - Interventions: Education, Philosophy, and Culture

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This is a book about what many teachers know but are increasingly being prevented from talking about: that real education always involves a risk. The risk is there because, as W. B. Yeats has put it, education is not about filling a bucket but about lighting a fire. It is there because students are not to be seen as objects to be moulded and disciplined, but as subjects of action and responsibility. The Beautiful Risk of Education is organised around a critical discussion of seven key educational concepts: creativity, communication, teaching, learning, emancipation, democracy, and virtuosity. By opposing the risk aversion that characterises many contemporary educational policies and practices, Gert J.J. Biesta makes a strong argument for giving risk a central place in our educational endeavours and brings risk taking to the forefront of a critical pedagogical practice.

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Title
Beautiful Risk of Education
Author
Gert J. J. Biesta
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Inc, US
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2013
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Language
English
ISBN 10
1612050263
ISBN 13
9781612050263
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Book 4 of 11: Interventions: Education, Philosophy, and Culture

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