Maintaining knowledge on curriculum conversation, but through discourse: A dialogue with Gert Biesta
I present in this paper my dialogue with Gert Biesta about the connections among knowledge, power, curriculum and discourse. I argue that my way of thinking is not a kind of relativism. The absence of a criterion that once and for all justifies a decision making among different possible solutions to...
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| Language: | Portuguese |
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Revista de Educação PUC-Campinas |
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| Online Access: | https://seer.sis.puc-campinas.edu.br/seer/index.php/reveducacao/article/view/2684 |
| Summary: | I present in this paper my dialogue with Gert Biesta about the connections among knowledge, power, curriculum and discourse. I argue that my way of thinking is not a kind of relativism. The absence of a criterion that once and for all justifies a decision making among different possible solutions to a problem – different curriculum options, as well as different ways to educate - is not a reason for the decisions not to be made. I agree with Derrida and Laclau that such decisions are taken in an undecidable terrain.
Keywords: Knowledge. Curriculum. Pragmatism. |
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| ISSN: | 1519-3993 2318-0870 |