Editors’ Conclusion: Imagining an Education for “Good Life”

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  • Pernille Hviid
  • Mariann Märtsin
In concluding this volume, we come back to the questions that guided this book, namely, to explore when and how does the educational intrusion become a resource for individual and collective creativity, and when does it create unconstructive or destructive tensions for the individual and/or for the community. We consider the suggestions developed in each of the chapters and through that build a bricolage of knowledge on cultivated education that cultivates people and vice versa. Furthermore, we suggest to view the relationship between societal, community and personal values, interests, and concerns that feed into the construction of “good education” as a dynamic and evolving dialectic, where the aim is not the resolution of tensions, but rather a constructive engagement between various voices and perspectives. We argue that while antagonistic contradictions lead to the othering of children and students in education, and of education for children and students, constructive contradictions have the potential to generate knowledge from the tensioned dialogues, not only showing concern for its already cultivated children and students, but also paving the way for the usability of education in the community.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCulture in Education and Education in Culture : Tensioned Dialogues and Creative Constructions
EditorsPernille Hviid, Mariann Märtsin
Number of pages9
Volume10
Place of PublicationSpringer, Cham
PublisherSpringer
Publication date20 Nov 2019
Edition1
Pages251-260
Chapter15
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-28411-4
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-28412-1
Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2019
SeriesCultural Psychology of Education
Number1
Volume10
ISSN2364-6780

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