Making a Difference in Theory brings together original work from an international group of authors on the roles of theory in educational research and practice. The book discusses the different roles theory plays, can play and should play, both from a historical perspective and in light of contemporary discussions and developments.
Particular attention is paid to the question of whether there are or should be distinctively educational forms of theory and theorising. The double engagement with the theory question in education and the education question in theory and theorising...
Making a Difference in Theory brings together original work from an international group of authors on the roles of theory in educational r...
Through a combination of theoretical development, methodological reflection and empirical case study, this book provides new insights in the complexities of learning in the context of the ongoing struggle for democracy.
Through a combination of theoretical development, methodological reflection and empirical case study, this book provides new insights in the complexit...
The Rediscovery of Teaching presents the innovative claim that teaching does not necessarily have to be perceived as an act of control but can be understood and configured as a way of activating possibilities for students to exist as subjects. By framing teaching as an act of dissensus, that is, as an interruption of egological ways of being, this book positions teaching at the progressive end of the educational spectrum, where it can be reconnected with the emancipatory ambitions of education. In conversation with the works of Emmanuel Levinas, Paulo Freire, Jacques Ranciere, and...
The Rediscovery of Teaching presents the innovative claim that teaching does not necessarily have to be perceived as an act of control but...
