Seeing Education on Film: A Conceptual Aesthetics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030336318)

This book argues that certain films have more to offer by way of conceptualising education than textual scholarship. Drawing on the work of the later Wittgenstein, it suggests that a shift in our philosophical focus from knowing to seeing can allow for ordinary educational phenomena (teachers, schools, children) to be appreciated anew. The book argues that cinema is the medium best placed to draw attention to this revaluation of the everyday, and particular films are presented as offering unique insights into the aesthetic nature of education as a concept. The book will be of primary interest to educators and educationalists alike, but its interdisciplinary nature should also appeal to those in the fields of film study, philosophy, and aesthetics.


Author: Alexis Gibbs
ISBN-10: 303033631X
ISBN-13: 9783030336318
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/02/2020
Pages: 227
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.81d