| Beautiful Risk of Education Contributor(s): Biesta, Gert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1612050263 ISBN-13: 9781612050263 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $218.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Psychology - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
| Dewey: 370.1 |
| LCCN: 2012043666 |
| Series: Interventions: Education, Philosophy, and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |