Learning here and now: Aesthetic-educational happenings at Black Mountain College
Join this event to hear Chris Higgins discuss John Dewey's involvement in the experimental Black Mountain College.
Learning here and now: Aesthetic-educational happenings at Black Mountain College
17 May 2023, 17:30 – 19:00
Black Mountain embodied two of Dewey's central claims: that education is “the continuous reconstruction of experience" and that aesthetic experience is educative (and vice versa).
Chris will discuss these two claims in conjunction in relation to Black Mountain College. He has also provided two chapters of his book for those interested in attending this seminar.
This online event will be particularly useful for those interested in the philosophy of education, progressive education and John Dewey's educational philosophy.
To register and attend, please email Yuxin Su at stnvysu@ucl.ac.uk.
PESGB seminar series
This event is part of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) seminar series. PESGB is a learned society that promotes the study, teaching and application of philosophy of education. Its London Branch hosts seminars every Wednesday in conjunction with the Centre for Philosophy of Education. These seminars are led by national and international scholars in the field, covering a wide range of issues of educational and philosophical concern.
All are welcome to attend.
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Chris Higgins
Associate Professor and Chair
the Department of Formative Education in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College
He has written on dialogue and the teacher-student relationship, ignorance and open-mindedness, imagination and aesthetic education, liberal learning and vocational formation, and education as a public good.
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Ticketing
Pre-booking essential
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes