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Professor of Education -- University of Stirling
MY IDEAS
If you want to read more about my ideas about education, the following piece could be a good place to start:
"Coming into the world, uniqueness, and the beautiful risk of education." An interview with Gert Biesta by Philip Winter. Studies in Philosophy and Education 30(5), 537-542. [click here]
You can also have a look at the Manifesto for Education [click here]
FUNDED PROJECTS
CURRENT
2011: The History and Future of Educational Studies: A Comparative Analysis of the Evolution of Educational Studies in Britain and Germany, funded by the British Academy (start date September 2011)
2011: International Mobility and Global Mindedness, Funded by CIMO (Centre for International Mobility), Finland, with Prof Vanessa Andreotti, University of Oulu, Finland
2011: Society for Educational Studies, Research Seminar Grant, with Prof Roger Sugden, Stirling Management School
2010-2012: ESRC: Teacher Agency and Curriculum Change, with Prof Mark Priestley, School of Education, University of Stirling
2010-2012: ESRC Seminar Series, Curriculum For The 21st Century: Theory, Policy and Practice, with Dr Mark Priestley, School of Education, University of Stirling
PREVIOUS
(Information about current projects to follow soon.)
ABOUT ME AND MY RESEARCH
ABOUT ME
I am Professor of Education and Director of Research at The School of Education, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK, and Visiting Professor for Education and Democratic Citizenship at Mälardalen University, Sweden. I am editor-in-chief of the journal Studies in Philosophy and Education. I have a degree in Education (Theory and History of Education) from Leiden University (1987) and a degree in Philosophy (Philosophy of the Social Sciences) from Erasmus University Rotterdam (1989), and obtained my PhD from Leiden University in 1992. I was a Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellow with the National Academy of Education, USA from 1995 to 1997. I received honorary doctorates from Uppsala University (2004) and Örebro University (2007) and was awarded a Francqui International Professorship by the Francqui Foundation in Belgium in 2010.
MY RESEARCH
I conduct theoretical and empirical research, and am particularly interested in the relationships between education, democracy and citizenship. My work falls within four broad domains: (1) the theory and philosophy of education; (2) research on civic learning in informal settings; (3) critical policy analysis; (4) the theory and philosophy of educational and social research. My work has been published in English, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, German, Spanish, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Catalan and Chinese.
In the field of the theory and philosophy of education I have tried to make original contributions to understanding educational processes and practices, particularly in Beyond Learning: Democratic Education for a Human Future (2006) and Good Education in an Age of Measurement: Ethics, Politics, Democracy (2010), and in the book-project I am currently working on (The Beautiful Risk of Education, scheduled for 2012) (all three titles with Paradigm Publishers USA). I am also interested in the educational potential of complexity theory; see Complexity theory and the politics of education (co-edited with Deborah Osberg; Sense Publishers 2010). In addition I have made significant contributions to the educational interpretation of key theorists and philosophers, including George Herbert Mead, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Rancière, John Dewey, Emmanuel Levinas and Hannah Arendt (see, for example, G.H. Meads Lectures on the Philosophy of Education, co-edited with Daniel Tröhler; Paradigm Publishers 2008; Derrida & Education, co-edited with Denise Egéa-Kuehne; Routledge 2001; Derrida, Deconstruction and the politics of pedagogy, with Michael A. Peters; Peter Lang 2009; Jacques Rancière: Education, Truth, Emancipation, with Charles Bingham and Jacques Rancière; Continuum 2010).
My empirical research focuses on civic learning of young people and adults particularly in informal settings , on the formation and transformation of learning cultures in educational settings , and on learning through the life course . I have also published on teachers professional learning and on the significance of young peoples participation in sport. Key-publications include Learning Democracy in School and Society, Sense Publishers 2011; Improving Learning Cultures in Further Education, with David James, Routledge 2007; Transitions and Learning through the Lifecourse, co-edited with Kathryn Ecclestone and Martin Hughes; Routledge 2009; Narrative Learning, with Ivor Goodson, Michael Tedder and Norma Adair; Routledge 2010.
In the field of critical policy analysis I have particularly focused on lifelong learning policies (for example my article "Whats the point of lifelong learning if lifelong learning has no point?" in the European Educational Research Journal, 2006), on policies and practices of citizenship education, on the public role of Higher Education (for example a special issue on Higher Education and Citizenship in Europe of the European Educational Research Journal, co-edited with Maarten Simons; 2009), and on educational research policy.
With regard to the theory and philosophy of educational research I have written on the significance of pragmatism for educational research (Pragmatism and Educational Research, with Nicholas C. Burbules; Rowman & Littlefield 2003), on problems concerning the idea of evidence-based education (particularly the articles Why what works wont work: Evidence-based practice and the democratic deficit of educational research, in Educational Theory, 2007; and Why what works still wont work: From evidence-based to value-based education in Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2010), on the role of values in educational evaluation and measurement, and on the philosophical dimensions of mixed methods research.
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