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Making Sense of the Learning Turn

Marianna Papastephanou Interviews Anders Örtenblad

Marianna Papastephanou and Anders Örtenblad

M.P. Introductory Comments The new book that Professor Anders Örtenblad has edited is entitled Making Sense of the Learning Turn: Why and In What Sense Toys, Organisations, Economies and Cities are ‘Learning’ (2024). There is a vast literature on learning, and much of it speaks about a ‘learning turn’ that characterises the world of today. […]

Marianna Papastephanou

Marianna Papastephanou has studied and taught at the University of Cardiff, United Kingdom. She has also studied and researched in Berlin, Germany. She is currently teaching philosophy of education in the Department of Education at the University of Cyprus.

Anders Örtenblad

Anders Örtenblad is Professor of Work Life Science at the University of Agder, Norway. He has edited books for, e.g., Edward Elgar Publishing, Oxford University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge and Sage. He is the founder of the book series Palgrave Debates in Business and Management.

Teaching as a dance with and towards dignity

Recognizing dignity in educational relationships

Lia Bahizi
group of people dancing

Lia Bahizi Department of Education, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.   Abstract In educational research there is a plethora of propositions on different ways to address the problem of too narrow and merely/mainly extrinsic and future-oriented aims of education such as the one of producing citizens who can contribute to national competitiveness in a global capitalist […]

Full Citation Information:
Bahizi, L. (2024). Teaching as a dance with and towards dignity: Recognizing dignity in educational relationships. ACCESS: Contemporary Issues in Education, 44(2), 35-48. https://doi.org/10.46786/ac24.3041
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The psychedelic renaissance and education

Samuel Douglas

The ‘psychedelic renaissance,’ so-called because of the renewed psychiatric interest in these mind-altering substances, is about to explode. Billions of investment dollars are flowing into the corporations that hope to develop novel therapies and medications based on psychedelics. Multiple clinical trials are exploring the efficacy of psilocybin, the active constituent of magic mushrooms, in relieving […]

Full Citation Information:
Douglas, S. (2022). The psychedelic renaissance and education. PESA Agora. https://pesaagora.com/ideas/the-psychedelic-renaissance-and-education/
Ideas are Open Access, freely available for readers to download and copy with proper attribution with a CC – BY – ND licence

Samuel Douglas

Samuel Douglas is a casual academic at the University of Newcastle and, over the past 15 years, has taught professional ethics in a range of degree programs there. As well as his academic role, Samuel volunteers as President of the Australian Psychedelic Society, a charity that supports psychedelic research, education and advocacy for the benefit of the community.
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