What is the point of education?: A GloseNet seminar for all those interested and invested in education.
Opening talk by educational theorist and philosopher of education Gert Biesta, followed by an interactive session around the purpose and possible futures of education and teacher education in Finland.
12.00-12.15 - Opening words and welcome by Josephine Moate and Kara Ronai
12.15-12.45 - Mapping the educational landscape talk by Gert Biesta
12.45-14.30 - Interactive session and group work
14.30-15.00 - Coffee break
15.00-16.30 - Gert Biesta’s response to the question – What is the point of education?
Registration:
Contact: glosenet@jyu.fi
GloseNet is the Faculty of Education & Psychology's umbrella network for global and sustainable education. Our objective is to bring together scholars around the world and to enhance the learning and research on critical approaches to sustainability, global education and democracy.
