Hvers konar samfélag þurfa skólarnir okkar?

Dr. Gert Biesta, menntastefnufræðingur og prófessor í menntunarfræðum við Edinborgarháskóla og Maynooth University á Írlandi heldur erindið Hvers konar samfélag þurfa skólarnir okkar? / What kind of society does the school need? A future for education beyond polarisation í Veröld - húsi Vigdísar, Auðarsal 4. desember kl. 15-16.30.

Erindi Biesta er annað erindi fyrirlestrarraðar Menntavísindasviðs HÍ í samstarfi við Miðstöð menntunar og þjónustu, sem ber heitið: Menntakerfi á tímamótum – alþjóðlegar áskoranir og tækifæri. Þar sem leiðandi alþjóðlegir sérfræðingar stíga á stokk og deila reynslu annarra þjóða.

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Ágrip:

In many countries there are concerns about education. These are partly fuelled by the global measurement industry that tends to pitch education systems against each other on a rather narrow set of indicators. This can easily lead to a sense of panic, particularly in those countries that are not at the ‘top,’ and to polarised discussions about what ought to be done. Policy makers and politicians often argue that they need more ‘grip’ on education, and they tend to mobilise particular forms of research in order to achieve this. While the intentions may be good, the outcome is often more pressure on teachers and schools and on the children and young people they seek to serve. In my presentation I will explore these issues and dynamics, which are not unique for Iceland but can be seen around the world. Central in my exploration is the question how we understand the relationship between education and its many ‘stakeholders’ and what their responsibilities are for making sure that education can be what it ought to be. This requires that we move beyond the ‘reflex’ of asking what schools can do for society and envisage an altogether different relationship.

Um Biesta:

Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory and Pedagogy at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, and Professor of Public Education in the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth. His work focuses on the theory of education and the philosophy of educational and social research, with a particular interest in teaching, teacher education, citizenship education, arts education, religious education, and education policy.  Recent books include World-Centred Education: A View for the Present (Routledge 2021) and The new publicness of education. Democratic possibilities after the critique of neo-liberalism (co-edited with Carl Anders Säfström, Routledge 2023). So far, his work has appeared in 22 different languages.