Beautiful Risk of Education (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Paradigm Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2014
First published:	2013
Authors:	Gert J.J. Biesta
Dimensions:	227 x 151 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	165
ISBN-13:	978-1-61205-027-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education
LSN:	1-61205-027-1
Barcode:	9781612050270

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