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VIRTUAL EVENT: Education without learning in Wim Wenders’ road movies
04 November 2020, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm
In this webinar, Professor Rene Arcilla will distinguish education from learning, and examine what is at stake in their difference.
This event is free.
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- Free
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Alison Brady
Education is rooted in two Latin terms, ēducāre and ēdūcere.
At the centre of ēducāre, which Arcilla identifies with learning, is the acquisition of propositional knowledge and practical know-how for instrumental purposes.
In contrast, ēdūcere, a name for education without learning, is concerned above all with the experience of being led out.
This experience is regularly portrayed in Wenders’ road movies as a struggle to realise that one’s mortal life matters because it has a sense of direction, a destiny.
Professor Rene Arcilla will discuss how education without learning is portrayed in Wim Wenders’ road movies. He will distinguish education from learning, examining their differences.
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- Philosophy at the Institute of Education
- Department of Education, Practice and Society
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About the Speaker
René V. Arcilla
Professor of Philosophy of Education at New York University
René is the author of numerous articles. He is also the author of the following books: 'For the Love of Perfection: Richard Rorty and Liberal Education', 'Mediumism: A Philosophical Reconstruction of Modernism for Existential Learning' and 'Wim Wenders’ Road Movie Philosophy: Education without Learning'.
His scholarly and teaching interests include existentialism, modernism, and liberal education. He has served as President of the Philosophy of Education Society and is currently co-editor of a book series published by Bloomsbury Academic entitled 'Philosophies of Education in Art, Cinema, and Literature'.