Representing the world: The activity of educator and student in educational encounter with the world
Exploring the concepts of educational representation and encounter as aspects of educational dialectics.
Representing the world: The activity of educator and student in educational encounter with the world
12 Nov 2025, 17:30 – 19:15
David Lewin will explore the concepts of educational representation and encounter as aspects of educational dialectics: involving a dialectical interplay between projection, critique and resonance.
In tension with recent ideas about world-centred education, where the disclosure of the world is central, he argues that the educational (re)presentation of the world is neither simple revelation nor pure projection. David will show how teacher, student, and world co-operate in potentially transformative moments that exceed didactic structures of presentation while remaining structured by them.
He will consider implications for Religious Education in post-secular times, where projection, critique, and openness to transcendent possibility remain in creative tension.
This event will be particularly useful for anyone interested in philosophy of education and religious education.
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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David Lewin
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education
University of Strathclyde
He engages with topics at the intersections between philosophy of education, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of technology.
His current research focuses on notions of didactical and pedagogical representation and reduction particularly in reference to religious education and religious influence more generally.
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