What is the role of narrative in how people learn throughout their lives? Are there different patterns and forms of narrativity? How do they influence learning? Based on data gathered for the Learning Lives project, which sought to understand learning by questioning individuals about their life stor[...]

This volume offers an overview of the pragmatic understanding of knowledge and the acquisition of knowledge, and its implications for the conduct of educational research. Pragmatism and Educational Research focuses primarily on the work of John Dewey, and examines the relationship between pragmatism[...]

This book demonstrates the importance of Ranciere's educational thought and how educational theory needs to be informed by his philosophical project. "Jacques Ranciere: Education, Truth, Emancipation" demonstrates the importance of Ranciere's work for educational theory, and in turn, it shows just h[...]

The widespread use of the measurement of educational outcomes in order to compare the performance of education within and across countries seems to express a real concern for the quality of education. This book argues that the focus on the measurement of educational outcomes has actually displaced q[...]

Gert Biesta præsenterer en kritisk analyse af aktuelle diskussioner om forholdet mellem medborgerskab, demokrati og uddannelse. Demokratiet defineres som en fortløbende proces, som aldrig kan afsluttes eller indfanges. Der er snarere tale om et eksperiment, der grundlæggende må være åbent for [...]

Pragmatism är en filosofisk metod för att undersöka teorier och begrepp i relation till deras praktiska konsekvenser. I denna bok skriver nio forskare om pedagogikens centrala problem och använder pragmatismen för att belysa redan behandlade frågor ur olika infallsvinklar samt för att utforsk[...]

I God utbildning i mätningens tidevarv diskuterar Gert Biesta det faktum att vi lever i en tid då mätning av utbildningsresultat har trängt undan frågan om utbildningens syfte. Biesta utforskar varför frågan "Vad utgör god utbildning?" har blivit så mycket svårare att ställa och visar ock[...]

Bringing together the work of international experts in the field, and two interviews with Derrida himself, this book provides a key to the reflections that Derrida's work has prompted on all aspects of educational studies. The contributors address fundamental educational issues from a Derridian pers[...]