When I met you in the laundromat
You said, ‘be cool’
I said, ‘I can't do that
No, no, no’
Tocotronic – 22 No
Critical theory is about the paradox of reason within an unreasonable, brutish and random history. Methodologically, critical theory operates as an instrument to find the traces of …
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Niebert (2019) argues against sustainability education and points out that a higher amount of political education is the instrument to realise a change towards more sustainability. He concludes that steps towards sustainability have always been moderated by political and economic decisions. In order …
reply: the critical potential of learning about money: a response to donald gillies
According to Donald Gillies’ (2019) argument, the EU’s education policy focuses on the “monomanical mission of money-making” (p. 3) since the Lisbon Strategy. Economic growth is the primacy and ultimate purpose of European education policy, despite the influence of other educational goals, such as …
Reply to Nina Hood’s ‘Manifestations of Autonomy and Control in a Devolved Schooling System: The Case of New Zealand’
In ‘Manifestations of Autonomy and Control in a Devolved Schooling System: The Case of New Zealand’, Nina Hood explores tensions and contradictions that have characterised the education system in New Zealand showing how these affect teachers’ control and autonomy. Much has been written in relation …
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reply: playing the long game: rethinking education for sustainability: a reply to Su and Su and Niebert
Both Su and Su (2019) and Niebert (2019) in this issue have argued against sustainability education.[1. Different terms are used, such as environmental education, sustainability education, education about sustainability, and education for sustainability. For simplicity and consistency reasons I used …
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reply: anthropocentrism, education and the (post-)anthropocene
One of the greatest challenges – if not the greatest – facing humankind at the beginning of the 21st century is arguably the state of our planet and, coupled with this, our relationship with the natural environment. Most, if not all, other concerns – however significant – are necessarily secondary …
reply: towards “collectively rethinking ourselves”: a response to eric lybeck
The primary purpose of this reply is to build on Lybeck’s insights, picking up in particular his suggestion that we must “collectively rethink ourselves”. However, in order to do this, I need to establish a more controversial narrative of academia’s culpability in preventing social change, which I …
reply: three arguments why post- and transhumanism need to be viewed from a long-term historical perspective: a commentary on issue no. 2
reply: posthumanism = posteducation: a reply to siân bayne
I have long been an interested observer of the emergence and development of posthuman, actor-network and socio-material approaches to education and educational technology in the UK and elsewhere. I have seen friends and colleagues whom I respect devote a great deal of their time and effort to these …
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reply: why we owe it to students to take partisan stands: a response to levinson and reid
In their article “The Paradox of Partisanship,” Meira Levinson and Ellis Reid take up the daunting issue of teaching controversial issues. Much has been said on the topic in recent years and most of what has been said has focused on the question of what exactly constitutes a controversial issue.[1. …