Author : Jennifer Anne Kogler
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060739592
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (67 download)
Book Synopsis The Otherworldlies by : Jennifer Anne Kogler
Download or read book The Otherworldlies written by Jennifer Anne Kogler and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 endeavors. The book is organized around a critical discussion of seven key educational concepts: creativity, communication, teaching, learning, emancipation, democracy, and virtuosity.