Obstinate Education - Reconnecting School and Society

Obstinate Education: Reconnecting School and Society argues that education is not just there to give individuals, groups and societies what they want from it, but that education has a duty to resist.

About the author

Gert Biesta, PhD (1992), Leiden University, is Professor of Public Education at Maynooth University, Ireland and Professor for Education at the University of Humanistic Studies, the Netherlands. He writes about educational theory and policy and the philosophy of social research.

Product details

• Authors: Gert Biesta
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2019
• EAN: 9789004401082
• ISBN: 978-90-04-40108-2
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Educational Futures
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries