Professor Gert Biesta
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). 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 2023 he is a full member of the Education Council. From September 2020 until December 2022 he was 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 Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, and associate editor of Educational Theory.
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Putting the world in the centre: A different future for Scotland’s education
(21 pages)
In:
Scottish Educational Review, pp. 1-21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/27730840-20231001
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
ChatGPT, subjectification, and the purposes and politics of teacher education and its scholarship
(8 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 51, pp. 105-112
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2023.2189368
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
Navigating the complex space of journal editing: Exploring the tensions between the intellectual and commercial dimensions of academic publishing
(4 pages)
In:
British Educational Research Journal, vol. 49, pp. 1-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3852
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (Published) -
Becoming contemporaneous: Intercultural communication pedagogy beyond culture and without ethics
(15 pages)
In:
Pedagogy, Culture and Society, pp. 237-251
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2022.2164341
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
School-as-institution or school-as-instrument?: How to overcome instrumentalism without giving up on democracy
(13 pages)
In:
Educational Theory, vol. 72, pp. 319-331
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/edth.12533
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Taking “Asia Pacific” seriously: Some uncomfortable questions about editing APJTE
(13 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 50, pp. 425-437
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2022.2138039
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
Taking teacher educators, teachers, and students seriously in research: A statement from the editors of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education about the revised aims and scope of the journal
(2 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, pp. 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2022.2125226
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
Who educates the teacher educator? On research, practice, and politics
(3 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 50, pp. 325-327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2022.2104467
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
The world is not enough: Religious education beyond worldview perspectivism
(19 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003264439-6
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Thinking about what has been ‘missing’ in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (APJTE) and perhaps the field more generally
(4 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 50, pp. 229-232
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2022.2079174
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 (Published) -
Calls to action for teacher education research and practice: Voices from the field
(3 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 50, pp. 115-117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2022.2048464
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of APJTE: A reflection on the past, present and future
(7 pages)
In:
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 50, pp. 1-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2022.2022854
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
Reflections on contemporary challenges and possibilities for democracy and education
In:
Journal of Educational Administration and History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2022.2052029
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The school is not a learning environment: How language matters for the practical study of educational practices
In:
Studies in Continuing Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2022.2046556
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
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) -
Why the form of teaching matters: Defending the integrity of education and of the work of teachers beyond agendas and good intentions
(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 – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-021-09921-x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)