Obstinate Education: Reconnecting School and Society

by Gert J.J. Biesta

Book Overview

What should the relationship between school and society be? 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. Education needs to be obstinate, not for the sake of being difficult, but in order to make sure that it can contribute to emancipation and democratisation. This requires that education...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004401083
• ISBN13: 9789004401082
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"