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The beautiful risk of education
- Author / Creator
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- Summary
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Argues for a 'risk-based' approach to pedagogy, based on WB Yeats' view that education is not about filling a bucket but lighting a fire.
Details
- Creator
- Gert J.J. Biesta
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (140 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781315635866, 1315635860, 9781317263302, 1317263308, 1612050263
- OCLC
- ocn932338550, ocn958108925, ocn929952272
- First published 2013 by Paradigm Publishers.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Creativity; Chapter Two Communication; Chapter Three Teaching; Chapter Four Learning; Chapter Five Emancipation; Chapter Six Democracy; Chapter Seven Virtuosity; Epilogue For a Pedagogy of the Event; Appendix Coming into the World, Uniqueness, and the Beautiful Risk of Education: An Interview with Gert Biesta by Philip Winter; Bibliography; Sources to Be Acknowledged; Index; About the Author