Phenomenology and Educational Theory in Conversation: Back to Education Itself

Patrick Howard (Editor), Tone Saevi (Editor), Andrew Foran (Editor), Gert Biesta (Editor)

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Phenomenology and Educational Theory in Conversation challenges the abstract-technical understanding of education to orient the reader to the importance of relationality, intersubjectivity, and otherness to renew and reclaim the educational project.

This book treats education as a matter of existence, relationality, and common human concerns. It offers readers an alternative language to reveal and challenge the humanistic encounters that often disappear in the shadows of neoliberalism. The phenomenologists, and educational theorists featured here, offer insights that connect fully and concretely with the everyday lives of educators and students. They offer another language by which to understand education that is counter to the objectifying, instrumentalist language prevalent in neoliberal discourse.

This book will be of great interest for academics, researchers, and post-graduate students in the fields of pedagogy, phenomenology, educational theory, and progressive education.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages284
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9780429264696
ISBN (Print)9780367209889
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2020

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NameTheorizing Education

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  • Introduction to book

    Howard, P., Saevi, T., Foran, A. & Biesta, G., 1 Jul 2020, Phenomenology and Educational Theory in Conversation: Back to Education Itself. Howard, P., Saevi, T., Foran, A. & Biesta, G. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, 5 p. (Theorizing Education).

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  • On the givenness of teaching: Encountering the educational phenomenon

    Biesta, G., 1 Jul 2020, Phenomenology and Educational Theory in Conversation: Back to Education Itself. Howard, P., Saevi, T., Foran, A. & Biesta, G. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, 12 p. (Theorizing Education).

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