Beautiful Risk of Education (Hardcover)

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 education is not an interaction between machines, but an encounter between human beings. It is there because students are not to be seen as objects to be molded and disciplined, but as subjects of action and responsibility. Biesta's book opposes the risk aversion that characterizes many contemporary educational policies and practices and makes a strong argument for giving risk a central place in our educational endeavours. The book is organized around a critical discussion of seven key educational concepts: creativity, communication, teaching, learning, emancipation, democracy, and virtuosity.

General

Imprint:	Paradigm Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Gert J.J. Biesta
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-1-61205-026-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education
LSN:	1-61205-026-3
Barcode:	9781612050263

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