Education as encounter and excavation

The view of education as an encounter between the student and the world deeply resonated with me. It reminded me of Hannah Arendt’s call to love the world enough to take responsibility for it. Further reflections on agency, paradox, and respect reframed my understanding of what education truly is, or could be: not simply learning, but becoming. It is about engaging with the world, embracing its contradictions, and finding meaning in the spaces between knowing and not knowing, teaching and being taught.

Is community really the answer?

If I were to listen to my body, I would say Prof. Biesta nailed it for me. I felt his words deep in my core and my brain went instantly to the mantra of one of the very few great school leaders I know today: “whatever the problem, community is the answer.” So, at the intersection of this and Prof. Biesta’s estimations of future conondrums, I am asking myself this morning: is community really the answer?

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