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SUMMARY:Schools as Places of Unselving: an educational pathology? - Dr. Mi
 chael Bonnett
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:There is a long tradition of seeing education as\, at least in
  part\, concerned with the development of the individual. The theme of per
 sonal authenticity in education frequently focuses on the idea of an indiv
 idual self whose thoughts and actions reflect their own beliefs and choice
 s. Here an emphasis is placed on the preservation of a certain space or di
 stance between the individual and the world necessary for the self to resi
 st becoming merely a reflection of the demands and current expectations of
  others.\n\nAgainst this background\, this paper explores some senses in w
 hich the self can be seen as deeply relational\, inheres in the world thro
 ugh ecstasis and mutual anticipation\, and is necessarily claimed by the p
 laces that it inhabits. It is argued that sense of self and sense of place
  are internally related and that authenticity of the self involves a recep
 tiveness to things themselves in the world beyond the self: a genuine open
 ness to the way that they stand forth or ‘presence’ in their own being
 . Given this intimate relationship between self and place\, the question i
 s raised as to how schools as places can ‘unselve’ the individual and 
 some ways in which educationally this might be either desirable or patholo
 gical.\n\n*Michael Bonnett* has held senior teaching and research position
 s in the UK universities of Cambridge\, London\, and Bath. Formerly he was
  a Visiting Professor at the University of the Aegean. He has published wi
 dely in the field of philosophy of education giving particular attention t
 o the character of ideas of learning\, thinking\, personal authenticity an
 d the teacher-pupil relationship in education. His book Children's Thinkin
 g: Promoting Understanding in the Primary School (1994\, Cassell) explored
  the importance of poetic thinking for education. More recently his focus 
 has been on aspects of sustainability and environmental education. His boo
 k Retrieving Nature: Education for a Post-Humanist Age was published in 20
 04 by Blackwell\, and his edited collection Moral Education and Environmen
 tal Concern is being published in November by Routledge.
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Ro
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