This book makes an intervention in a long-standing discussion by
arguing that education should be world-centred rather than
child-centred or curriculum-centred. This is not just because
education should provide students with the knowledge and skills to
act effectively in the world, but is first and foremost because the
world is the place where our existence as human beings takes place.
In the seven chapters in this book Gert Biesta explores in detail
what an existential orientation to education entails and why this
should be an urgent concern for education today. He highlights the
importance of teaching, not understood as the transmission of
knowledge and skills but as an act of (re)directing the attention
of students to the world, so that they may encounter what the world
is asking from them. The book thus shows why teaching matters for
education. It also highlights the unique position of the school as
the place where the new generation is given the time to meet the
world and meet themselves in relation to the world. The extent to
which society is still willing to make this time available, is an
important indicator of its democratic quality. This important text
demonstrates, not only to academics, but also to students,
teachers, school administrators, and teacher educators, the urgency
of a world-centred orientation for education today.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2021 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
Gert Biesta
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
126 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-56553-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Philosophy of education
|
| LSN: |
0-367-56553-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780367565534 |
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