Meet The Education Researcher

Approaching education from the inside out (Gert Biesta)

Meet The Education Researcher

Show Notes

Gert Biesta (University of Edinburgh) is one of the best-known – and most interesting - current philosophers of education.

We talk about Gert’s recent interest in the work of Klaus Prange, the need to come up with better questions (rather than answers), the prominence of ‘empty concepts’ in education, and advice for early career academics starting out in education research.

Full text transcription of the interview: https://criticaledtech.com/2022/01/11/approaching-education-from-the-inside-out-an-interview-with-gert-biesta/

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