In Defence of the School

IN DEFENCE OF THE SCHOOL

Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB)

London Branch

One Day Conference

In Defence of the School
Jan Masschelein and Maarten Simons (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Friday 19 June
Institute of Education, UCL, 20 Bedford Way
Room 728
10:30-16:30
All are welcome. Further details attached here.
RSVP:  syun@ioe.ac.uk

The day will comprise an initial presentation by the authors, Jan Masschelein and Maarten Simons (Laboratory for Education and Society, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), small group discussion, and then in the afternoon papers in response from Nick Peim (University of Birmingham) and Paul Standish (UCL Institute of Education), feedback from group discussion and responses from the authors.

*In Defence of the School is published as an e-book and is freely available here:
http://ppw.kuleuven.be/home/english/research/ecs/les/in-defence-of-the-school/jan-masschelein-maarten-simons-in-defence-of-the.html
To facilitate discussion participants are encouraged to read the following chapters in advance: sections 1-5 (intro), 6-7-8-9 (suspension, profanation, world, technology), 14 (politicisation), and the final section (experimentum scholae).

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