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2010

OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATIONS  JANUARY – JULY 2010

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). Research, practice and wisdom. Invited keynote presentation at the South West Learning and Skills Research Network Annual Conference, 8 July 2010. Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). Starting a conversation: The theory question in education and the education question in theory. Invited keynote address at the First International Theorising Education Conference, Stirling, 24-26 June 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). Trade secrets from the Learning Lives project. Invited presentation at BERA/TLRP Training Event. Edinburgh, 14 June 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). Curriculum for excellence: A template for good education? Invited keynote address at the Annual Research Conference of Scotland’s Colleges. Stirling 12 May 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). Crisis, judgement, and the experience of democracy: A view from education. Invited presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, Co., 30 April – 3 May 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). Pragmatism and the philosophical foundations of mixed methods research. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, Co., 30 April – 3 May 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). The end(s) of learning. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, Co., 30 April – 3 May 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). On the Trials, Tribulations, and Value of Translating Philosophical Discourse and Insights for Educational Practitioners. Symposium presentation.  Annual conference Philosophy of Education Society USA, San Francisco, 9-12 April 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). What do Philosophers of Education Do? (And How Do They Do It?) Bookpanel presentation.  Annual conference Philosophy of Education Society USA, San Francisco, 9-12 April 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). Evidence, values, and educational practice. Invited presentation Department of Education, University of Gothenburg, 30 March 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). How much democracy does education need? A paper presented at the Conference of the German Association of Educational Research (DGfE), Mainz 15-17 March 2010.

Biesta, G.J;J. (2010). The ignorant citizen The Ignorant Citizen: Thinking Differently about Knowledge, Education, and Democratic Citizenship. A paper presented at the Conference of the German Association of Educational Research (DGfE), Mainz 15-17 March 2010, as part of the symposium ‘Knowledge about Education: Education Policy Discourses and the Promise of Democratisation’

Nicoll, K.; Fejes, A.; Olson, M.; Biesta, G. & Dahlstedt, M. (2010) Citizen Formation: Beyond educational practice and policy. Paper presented at the 38th NERA congress in Malmö, Sweden, March 11-13.

Biesta. G.J.J. (2010). “No hugging, no learning.” Public pedagogy and the ignorant citizen. Presentation at the FWO Scientific Research Community 'Dealing with Otherness and Difference in Urban Environments' Leuven, 12-13 March 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). Towards the learning democracy: Reconnecting education, citizenship and the political. Invited presentation, University of Luxembourg. 10 March 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). The curriculum and young people’s agency. Invited contribution to seminar at RSA, London. Thursday 4 March 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). Creating spaces for learning or making room for education? Invited presentation. Nottingham University, 22nd January 2010.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). The world is not a school: Have lifelong learning and emancipation still something to say to each other? Invited Presentation, University of Edinburgh Graduate School Colloquium: Lifelong Learning: What type of learning for what kind of life? Edinburgh, 13th January 2010

Biesta, G.J.J. (2010). 100% natuurlijk? Goed onderwijs, pedagogische professionaliteit en de maat van de kunst. Invited presentation at the ‘Kopstukkenconferentie,’ APS, Utrecht, 8 January 2010.

2009

Biesta, G.J.J. & Cowell, G. (2009). How is community done? Understanding civic learning through psychogrographic mapping. A paper presented at the conference of the Laboratory for Educational Theory, Stirling, 26-27 June 2009.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). Learner, student, speaker: Why it matters how we call those we teach. Invited presentation, Mälardalen University, Sweden., Thursday 11 June 2009.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). Learner, student, speaker: Why it matters how we call those we teach. Invited presentation, Uppsala University, Sweden, Tuesday 9 June 2009.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). Invited lectures on educational theory. University of Oulu, Finland, 11-12 May 2009.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). How to use pragmatism pragmatically? Suggestions for the 21st century. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, 13-17 April 2009. (SIG: John Dewey Society)

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). The weakness of education: For a pedagogy of the event. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, USA, 13-17 April 2009. (SIG: Philosophical Studies in Education)

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). How to exist politically and learn from it: Hannah Arendt and the problem of democratic education. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, USA, 13-17 April 2009 (as part of the symposium: "What makes a public school public? Perspectives from Arendt" SIG: Philosophical Studies in Education).

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). Hannah Arendt and the problem of democratic education. A paper presented at the annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. Oxford, 3-5April 2009.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). On the weakness of education. (Refereed) paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society USA, Montreal, Canada, 20-23 March 2009.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). Educational research, democracy and TLRP. Invited keynote lecture. London: TLRP/Institute of Education, 19 March 2009.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). On the weakness of education. Higher Seminar at the School of Education, Culture and Communication Mälardalen University, 23rd February 2009.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). What kind of theory for Higher Education? Invited presentation at a seminar on ‘The Place of Theory in Higher Education Scholarship.’ Organised by the SRHE Higher Education Policy Network and the BERA Higher Education Special Interest Group. London Metropolitan University, Thursday 29th January 2009.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2009). Democratic education for a human future. Philosophy of Education Research Seminar and Meeting of the London Branch of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Institute of Education, University of London, Wednesday 28th January 2009.

2008

Biesta, G.J.J. (2008). Invited seminars at doctoral course on The Postmodern Learner. University of Aalborg/DOCSOL Doctoral School University of Aarhus/DPU Copenhagen, 26-28 November 2008.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2008). Higher Seminar on “Dewey, Democracy and Education.” Orebro University, Pedagogiska Institutionen, Monday 3 November 2008.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2008). How to exist politically and learn from it: Hannah Arendt and the problem of democratic education. A paper presented at the second international seminar of the WOG-research network 'Dealing with Otherness and Difference in Urban Environments' Leuven, 19-20 September 2008.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2008). ‘The most influential theory of the century.’ Dewey, democratic education and the limits of pragmatism. Invited presentation at at the International Conference on ‘Pragmatism in the reticle of modernization: Concepts, Contexts, Critiques’, Centro Stefano Franscini, Ascona, Switzerland, 7-12 September 2008.

Tedder, M. & Biesta, G.J.J. Learning without teaching? Opportunities and limitations in biographical learning for adults. A paper presented at the annual conference of the European Educational Research Association (ECER), Gothenburgh, September 2008.

Lawy, R. & Biesta, G.J.J. ‘The art of democracy.’ Young people’s democratic learning in gallery contexts. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the British Educational Research Association, Edinburgh, September 2008.

Biesta, G.J.J. & Tedder, M. Learning from life in the learning economy: The role of narrative. A paper presented at SCUTREA, Edinburgh, 2-4 July 2008.

Zhao, J. & Biesta, G.J.J. (2008). Lifelong learning, identity and the moral dimension: The ‘reflexive project of the self’ revisited. A paper presented at SCUTREA, Edinburgh, 2-4 July 2008.

Biesta, G.J.J. (2008). How to exist politically and learn from it: Living and learning in the learning democracy. Invited keynote address at the 20th Scottish Forum on Lifelong Learning & Scutrea Pre-conference, Edinburgh, 1 July 2008.

Biesta,. G.J.J. (2008). Learning, identity and agency in the life-course. Researching learning lives. Invited Keynote Speech at the Open Symposium on Inter-Generational Learning in Europe, University of Graz, Austria, 30-31 May 2008

Biesta, G.J.J. (2008). The art of the possible: Linking teaching and research (but not too much). Invited keynote address as ESCALATE conference ‘The Teaching-Research Interface: Implications for Practice in HE and FE,’ 29-30 April, Stirling 2008.

Biesta, Gert (2008). Rancière, education and democracy. A presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society USA, Cambridge, Ma., 11-14 April 2008. (Alternative session: The method of democratic education: A Rancièrean conversation.)

Biesta, Gert (2008). What is at stake in a pedagogy of interruption? A presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society USA, Cambridge, Ma., 11-14 April 2008. (Alternative session: ‘Learning and interruption: Implications for democratic education.’)

Biesta, Gert (2008). Towards a new ‘logic’ of emancipation: Foucault and Rancière. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society USA, Cambridge, Ma., 11-14 April 2008.

Biesta, Gert (2008). Encountering Foucault in Lifelong Learning. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, 24-28 March 2008. Session 52.056: The Governmentality of Lifelong Learning.

Biesta, Gert (2008). Doing emancipation differently. The methodology of Jacques Rancière. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, 24-28 March 2008. Session 41.077 The Method of Democratic Education: A Rancierian Account

Biesta, Gert (2008). Five theses on complexity reduction and its politics. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, 24-28 March 2008. Session 37.055 Complexity and the Politics of Complexity Reduction: Toward a more just education in a complex world.

Biesta, Gert (2008). Evidence based education: Between democracy and truth. A paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft, as part of the symposium ‘Kulturen der Bildungsforschung und das Modell einer Evidenzbasierten Pädagogik’. Dresden, 16-19 March 2008.

Biesta, Gert (2008). Effective research interviewing. Invited keynote lecture at the seminar on 'Effective Research Interview Practice,' Scottish Universities Association for Lifelong Learning and ESCALATE: The Higher Education Academy, Subject Centre for Education. Stirling, 7 March 2008.

Biesta, Gert (2008). Learning from life. Invited keynote address at the “The Truth About Learning” Conference, Thursday 31 January 2008, The Exchange, Bridgwater. (Organised Learning South West, with SWITCH, the South West Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training, The University of Exeter, NIACE and the LSC.)

2007     

Biesta, Gert (2007). Higher Education, Democracy and European Citizenship. Invited plenary presentation at the conference of the European Education Policy Network, Brussels/Leuven, Belgium, 30 November – 1 December 2007.

Biesta, Gert (2007). Bildung, democracy and the question of the self: A ‘political’ perspective. Invited presentation at the seminar Danning og kunnskapsoppfatning of NORDID, the Nettverk om nordisk didaktikk. University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, 22-24 November 2007.

Biesta, Gert (2007). Education and emancipation. Presentation at the Higher Seminar, Pedagogiska Institutionen, Örebro University, Sweden, 5th November 2007.

                                                                                                                                                         Biesta, Gert (2007). Science or democracy. Knowledge, evaluation and judgement in the knowledge society. Invited keynote lecture presented at the conference on Evaluation in the Knowledge Society, Syddanks Universitet & European Evaluation Society, Odense, Denmark, 18-19 October 2007.

Biesta, Gert (2007). Evidence for evidence. Invited Seminar Presentation on the Role of Evidence in Educational Research and Educational Practice. Organised by the Swedish Research Council’s Educational Committee (Vetenskapsrådet), Stockholm, 10 October 2007.

Biesta, Gert (2007). Towards a new ‘logic’ of emancipation: A first attempt. Presentation at the Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences (IBS), Mälardalen University, Sweden, 9th October 2007.

Biesta, Gert (2007). Towards the knowledge democracy? Knowledge production and the civic role of the university. A paper presented at the Annual Conference of the European Educational Research Association, Ghent, Belgium 19-22 September 2007.

Tedder, Michael & Biesta, Gert (2007). What does it take to learn from one’s life? Exploring opportunities for biographical learning in the lifecourse. A paper presented at the Annual Conference of the European Educational Research Association, Ghent, Belgium 19-22 September 2007.

Tedder, Michael & Biesta, Gert (2007). What does it take to learn from one’s life? Exploring opportunities for biographical learning in the lifecourse. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the British Educational Research Association (BERA), London 5-7 September 2007.

Biesta, Gert (2007). From the Child and the Curriculum to Communication: On the Comunicative Turn in Dewey’s Democracy and Education. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the British Educational Research Association (BERA), London 5-7 September 2007.

Biesta, Gert (2007). Education for a human future. A presentation for the Bath and Bristol Branch of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, University of Bath, 10th JUy 2007.

Tedder, Michael & Biesta, Gert (2007). ‘The Person That I Was Intended To Be’: Learning From Change And Transition In The Lifecourse.  A paper presented at the Conference of the Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning, Stirling, 21-24 June 2007.

Biesta, Gert (2007). What works, what worked or what will work? Asking the right questions and solving the right problems in educational research. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 9-13 April 2007 (SIG Philosophical Studies in Education) as part of a symposium ‘On Solving the Wrong Problem:L Conceptual Confusion in Educational Research, Policy and Practice’ (convenor: Prof Eric Bredo, University of Virginia).

Biesta, Gert (2007). George Herbert Mead and the meaning of education. A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 9-13 April 2007 (Division F: History and Historiography) as part of a symposium on ‘Understanding George Herbert Mead’s Contribution to the Development of Pragmatism in Education’ (convenors: Gert Biesta, University of Exeter, UK and Daniel Tröhler, Pestalozzianum, Zürich, Switzerland).

Biesta, Gert (2007). Democracy, education and the question of inclusion. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Oxford, 30-31March 2007.

Trezise, Edward & Biesta, Gert (2007). Can management ethics be taught ethically? A Levinasian exploration. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Oxford, 30-31March 2007.

Biesta, Gert (2007). Who’se there? Finding the other in the self. Invited response to the Kneller Lecture, given by Prof Richard Shusterman at the Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society, USA, Atlanta, 16-29 March 2007.

Tedder, Michael & Biesta, Gert (2007). Learning from life and learning for life? Exploring the opportunities for biographical learning in the lives of adults. A paper presented at the ESREA Conference on Life History and Biography, Roskilde University, Denmark, 1-4 March 2007

Biesta, Gert (2007). Where do we learn democracy? Public lecture given at Örebro University, Sweden. Saturday 10th February 2007.