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recent publications

Biesta, G.J.J. (2007). Why ‘what works’ won’t work. Evidence-based practice and the democratic deficit of educational research. Educational Theory 57(1), 1-22. [more...]

Biesta, G.J.J. (2007). Education and the democratic person: Towards a political understanding of democratic education. Teachers College Record 109(3), 740-769. [more...]

Biesta, G.J.J. (2007). Towards the knowledge democracy? Knowledge production and the civic role of the university. Studies in Philosophy of Education 26(5), 467-479.

Biesta, G & Tedder, M. (2007). Agency and learning in the lifecourse: Towards an ecological perspective. Studies in the Education of Adults 39(2), 132-149.

Osberg, D.C., Biesta, G.J.J. & Cilliers, P. (2008). From representation to emergence: Complexity’s challenge to the epistemology of schooling. Educational Philosophy and Theory 40(1):  213-227.

Biesta, G.J.J. & Osberg, D.C. (2007). Beyond Re/Presentation: A Case for Updating the Epistemology of Schooling. Interchange38(1), 15-29.

Osberg, D.C. & Biesta, G.J.J. (2007). Beyond Presence: Epistemological and pedagogical implications of ‘strong’ emergence. Interchange 38(1), 31-51.

Hodkinson, Ph., Biesta, G.J.J. & James, D. (2008). Understanding learning culturally: Overcoming the dualism between social and individual views of learning. Vocations and Learning 1(1), 27-47. [DOI: 10.1007/s12186-007-9001-y]

Hodkinson, Ph., Biesta, G. & James, D. (2007). Understanding learning cultures. Educational Review 59(4), 415-427.