Professor Gert Biesta
Deputy Head of Institute for Education, Teaching & Leadership (IETL) / Professor of Educational Theory and Pedagogy
- Moray House School of Education and Sport, IETL
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6032
- Email: gert.biesta@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory and Pedagogy (part-time) and Deputy Head of the Institute of Education, Teaching and Leadership. He joined the Moray House School of Education and Sport in August 2019. He is also Professor of Public Education (part-time) at the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at Maynooth University, Ireland. His research focuses on the theory of education and the theory and philosophy of educational and social research, with a keen interest in national and global education policy, curriculum, teaching and teacher education, democracy and citizenship education, religious education and education and the arts. He has published widely on these topics in articles, chapters and books. So far his work has appeared in 20 different languages. From 2015 - 2018 he was an associate member of the Educational Council of the Netherlands, the advisory body of the Dutch government and parliament. Since September 2020 he is a member of the Scientific Curriculum Committee in the Netherlands, which is tasked with advising the Secretary of State for Education about the redevelopment of the curriculum for primary and secondary schools. He is co-editor of the British Educational Research Journal, co-editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, and associate editor of Educational Theory.
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Editorial: A case for diversity in educational research and educational practice
(4 pages)
In:
British Educational Research Journal, vol. 48, pp. 1-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3777
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
El problema de la teoría de la educación
(16 pages)
In:
Teoría de la Educación. Revista Interuniversitaria, vol. 34, pp. 33-48
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14201/TERI.27157
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Por qué la forma de la enseñanza importa: una defensa de la integridad de la educación y del trabajo de los profesores más allá de programas y buenas intenciones
(21 pages)
In:
Revista de Educacion, vol. 2022, pp. 13-33
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2022-395-519
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The contested relationships between educational research, theory and practice: Introduction to a special section
(4 pages)
In:
British Educational Research Journal, vol. 47, pp. 1447-1450
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3772
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (Published) -
Teacher education policy: Part of the solution or part of the problem?
(4 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 49, pp. 467-470
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2021.1992926
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (Published) -
Reclaiming a future that has not yet been: The Faure report, UNESCO’s humanism and the need for the emancipation of education
(18 pages)
In:
International Review of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-021-09921-x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
How is teaching seen? Raising questions about the part of teachers and their educators in the production of educational (non)sense
(7 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 49, pp. 363-369
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2021.1974152
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (Published) -
The problem of educational theory
In:
Policy Futures in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103211032087
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Philosophy of education in a new key: Publicness, social justice, and education; a South-North conversation
In:
Educational Philosophy and Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2021.1929172
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (E-pub ahead of print) -
World-Centred Education: A View for the Present
(113 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003098331
Research output: › Book (Published) -
Examining teacher education research methodology: Practices, priorities and politics
(4 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 49, pp. 245-248
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2021.1928955
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
Waartoe leiden wij op?
(3 pages)
In:
Huisarts en Wetenschap, vol. 64, pp. 82-84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12445-021-1173-4
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (Published) -
Thinking about cross-border experience in teacher education during the global pandemic
(5 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 49, pp. 143-147
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2021.1892325
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
Regaining the democratic heart of education
(7 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429354601
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Teacher education between principle, politics, and practice: A statement from the new editors of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2020.1818485
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
Beyond the medical model: Thinking differently about medical education and medical education research
In:
Teaching and Learning in Medicine, pp. 449-456
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2020.1798240
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Editorial: Editorial team transition
(3 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 48, pp. 335-337
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2020.1794572
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (Published) -
Have we been paying attention? Educational anaesthetics in a time of crises
(3 pages)
In:
Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2020.1792612
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
On the givenness of teaching: Encountering the educational phenomenon
(12 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429264696
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Introduction to book
(5 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429264696
Research output: › Chapter (Published)