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The beautiful risk of education

Paperback • 2013 • English

The beautiful risk of education

By Gert J.J.

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About the book

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 students are not to be seen as objects to be moulded and disciplined, but as subjects of action and responsibility. The Beautiful Risk of Education is organised around a critical discussion of seven key educationa...Show more

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9781612050263

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

The beautiful risk of education

Format

Paperback

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