In the face of the still dominant model of progressive education, the volumes in this series explore ways of thinking education otherwise – ways that give hope for coming generations and for the renewal of life. They offer visions for the future, manifestos, experimental curricula, speculative syllabi, and case studies of alternative education at work. They are short and provocative, intended for academics, researchers, professionals and students alike.
By Michael P. A. Murphy
June 19, 2024
In light of the structural dangers of revolutionary change highlighted in the political theory of Giorgio Agamben, this book joins a lively debate in philosophy of education on weak utopianism as an approach that foregrounds and respects the educational potentiality of teachers and students. ...
By Margaret Carr, Brenda Soutar, Leanne Clayton, Bronwen Cowie, Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips, Shelley Butler
May 27, 2024
Bringing different cultural perspectives on creativity with them, teachers and children in two early childhood education sites in Aotearoa New Zealand were using museum visits as jumping off places to hone their creative capacity building. As a contribution to Tim Ingold’s discussion of ...
By Liana Psarologaki
January 29, 2024
This book promotes adult education in a university setting as cultivation and the inculcation of culture, democracy, and ethics beyond and through lived experience. It draws on theories from across disciplines, bringing together Aristotelian and post-structuralist thought. This includes Fernando ...