Episode 15: The Philosophy of Education (with Oli Belas and Neil Hopkins)

In this episode, Sara Downton talks to Oli Belas and Neil Hopkins about the philosophy of education, including curriculum co-creation and student-led assessment design.

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FURTHER RESOURCES:

Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society  Eve Tuck and Wayne Yang, 'Decolonisation is Not a Metaphor'

EPISODE NOTES:

Dr Oli Belas is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at University of Bedfordshire. He teaches across Education and English subject-areas. His monograph, A Philosophical Inquiry into Subject English and Creative Writing, was nominated for the BERA 2023 Research Book of the Year award. With Dr. Neil Hopkins and Dr. Jim Clack, he runs the Radical Education and Humanities Group (REHG), which, for now, exists primarily as a blog (he, Neil, and Jim are always looking for contributors).

Dr Neil Hopkins is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bedfordshire. He has recently co-edited (with Dr Carol Thompson) Reflections on Identity: Narratives from Educators. He was written extensively on education in relation to political philosophy, professional identity and psychoanalysis. 

Also mentioned is their colleague Jim Clack.

Oli, Neil, and Jim are members of University of Bedfordshire's Institute for Research in Education. 

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Edited by Chris Lloyd.