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A New Logic of Emancipation: The Methodology of Jacques Ranciere
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Biesta, Gert – Educational Theory, 2010
The idea of emancipation plays a central role in modern educational theories and practices. The emancipatory impetus is particularly prominent in critical traditions and approaches where the aim of education is conceived as that of emancipating students from oppressive structures in the name of social justice and human freedom. What is needed to…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Theories, Democracy, Freedom
How to Exist Politically and Learn from It: Hannah Arendt and the Problem of Democratic Education
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Biesta, Gert – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: In discussions about democratic education, there is a strong tendency to see the role of education as that of the preparation of children and young people for their future participation in democratic life. A major problem with this view is that it relies on the idea that the guarantee for democracy lies in the existence of a…
Descriptors: Democracy, Role of Education, Citizenship Education, Politics of Education