Programme 356, Gert Biesta, part 1 (6-3-19)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey On this week's programme I speak to Gert Biesta who is Professor of Public Education at Maynooth University. Among the topics we discuss on the programme are: Why he took up a position in Ireland The work of the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at Maynooth University How he’ll get to know the Irish education system How teacher education in Ireland differs from teacher education in England The emergence of a competitive mindset in education across countries What good education is in an age of measurement Balancing three purposes of education The place of equity, diversity and social justice in education Implications of the disappearance of teaching and the rise of learning over the last 25 years The gift of teaching