Dr Aline Nardo (SFHEA)
Lecturer in Philosophy of Education
- Moray House School of Education and Sport, IECS
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Email: aline.nardo@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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1.10 Simon Laurie House, Moray House School of Education and Sport
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
Aline Nardo received her Bachelor of Arts in Primary Education from the University of Basel, her Master of Arts in Educational Theory from the University of Basel, and her Master of Science in Educational Research from the University of Edinburgh.
In 2019, she earned her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Edinburgh with her research on the evolutionary foundations in the educational works of Herbert Spencer, John Dewey, and Lev S. Vygotsky.
From 2019 to 2021 Aline Nardo worked a postdoc at ETH Zurich, researching ethics education and educational games.
In 2022, Aline Nardo was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at visit Teachers College, Columbia University.
In 2023, Aline Nardo was an elected Visiting Scholar at Jesus College Cambridge.
Responsibilities & affiliations
Aline Nardo is the coordinator and academic cohort lead for the MSc Education Philosophy of Education Pathway.
Postgraduate teaching
- The Philosophy of Education (course organiser)
- Philosophy of Education - New Directions (course organiser)
- Ethics, Education and Films
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Current research interests
The philosophy of play and games Educational games for ethics and civic education Teaching and TimePast research interests
Evolutionary ideas in educational theory and philosophyResearch activities
Project activity
From 2019 to 2021, Aline Nardo led a research project on digital play in ethics education at ETH Zurich.
In 2022, Aline Nardo was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, researching temporalities of teaching.
Past project grants
2022: Fulbright Visiting Scholar grant
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A Lack of ‘Now’. Diversifying Time and Recovering the Present in Theories of Teaching
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Abstract (Published) -
Dwelling playfully in disaccord
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper (Published) -
Dewey and the issue of change
In:
Philosophy of Education
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Finding Duende: Reflections on the possibility for radical social change through art with and beyond Dewey
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Other (Published) -
Towards a theory of dialogic play for learning
(2 pages)
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Conference contribution (Published) -
Education as cultural inheritance: Using Oakeshott and Dewey to explore the educational implications for recent advances in Evolutionary Science
(15 pages)
In:
Philosophy of Education, vol. 78, pp. 100-114
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47925/78.1.100
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Write or wrong: A transformational game for ethics education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3102/1887214
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper (Published) -
Re-imagining educational standards
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-589-920221010
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published) -
‘Wicked problems’ as catalysts for learning in educational ethics games
In:
Ethics and Education, vol. 16, pp. 492-509
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17449642.2021.1979283
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Exploring a Vygotskian theory of education and its evolutionary foundations
(22 pages)
In:
Educational Theory, vol. 71, pp. 331-352
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/edth.12485
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
"Education as Adaptation": The genealogy of an educational metaphor and its ramifications today
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper (Published) -
Towards a theory of transformational ethical gameplay
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34190/GBL.20.141
Research output: › Conference contribution (Published)