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Beyond learning : democratic education for a human future / Gert J.J. Biesta.

By: Series: Interventions | Interventions: Education, Philosophy & Culture | Interventions (Routledge (Firm))Publication details: London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Description: 1 online resource (x, 171 pages)ISBN:
  • 1317263162
  • 9781317263166
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • LB14.7 .B529 2016
Online resources: Summary: Article Abstract: "Many educational practices are based upon ideas about what it means to be human. Thus education is conceived as the production of particular subjectivities and identities such as the rational person, the autonomous individual, or the democratic citizen. Beyond Learning asks what might happen to the ways in which we educate if we treat the question as to what it means to be human as a radically open question; a question that can only be answered by engaging in education rather than as a question that needs to be answered before we can educate. The book provides a different way to understand and approach education, one that focuses on the ways in which human beings come into the world as unique individuals through responsible responses to what and who is other and different. Beyond Learning raises important questions about pedagogy, community and educational responsibility, and helps educators of children and adults alike to understand what a commitment to a truly democratic education entails."--Provided by publisher
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Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Library - Royal Liverpool Main Shelves Available

eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks "First published 2006 by Paradigm Publishers; Published 2016 by Routledge." Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 11, 2016).

Article Abstract: "Many educational practices are based upon ideas about what it means to be human. Thus education is conceived as the production of particular subjectivities and identities such as the rational person, the autonomous individual, or the democratic citizen. Beyond Learning asks what might happen to the ways in which we educate if we treat the question as to what it means to be human as a radically open question; a question that can only be answered by engaging in education rather than as a question that needs to be answered before we can educate. The book provides a different way to understand and approach education, one that focuses on the ways in which human beings come into the world as unique individuals through responsible responses to what and who is other and different. Beyond Learning raises important questions about pedagogy, community and educational responsibility, and helps educators of children and adults alike to understand what a commitment to a truly democratic education entails."--Provided by publisher