Saturday, May 18, 2019 - 12:30
On this week's programme I bring you more from my interview with Professor Gert Biesta, who is Professor of Public Education at Maynooth University. What comes through in everything he says is the respect and love he has for teaching. Among the wide range of topics we discuss are the following:
- Who he writes for when he writes about education
- Speaking and thinking about education in an educational way
- How philosophy can inform the practice of teachers
- Designing and teaching a module on philosophy for future teachers
- The importance of asking good questions
- The relevance of Kierkegaard and “Double truth giving” in teaching
- Teaching for the possibility of being taught
- John Dewey’s critique of the modern scientific world view
- PE teachers who had a significant impact on him
- Why schools should surprise
- What inspires him