World-Centred Education: A View for the Present

by Gert J.J. Biesta

Book Overview

This book makes an intervention in a long-standing discussion by arguing that education should be world-centred rather than child-centred or curriculum-centred. This is not just because education should provide students with the knowledge and skills to act effectively in the world, but is first and foremost because the world is the place where our existence as human beings takes place.

In the seven chapters in this book Gert Biesta explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367565528
• ISBN13: 9780367565527
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"