The Purposes of Education

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The encounter -- Does educational data speak for itself? -- Is learning a visible phenomenon? -- Is it important to teach and learn specific subjects? -- How not to objectify the students and pupils you are studying? -- What is the role of the teacher? -- What is the relationship between educational research and educational politics? -- Is it possible to revitalize the German concept Bildung, i.e. the formation of character and the higher ideas and ideals of education? -- How to differentiate between the how, what, and why of education -- Is there a purpose of education? -- Is it possible to understand pedagogy as an art of decentering? -- How to deal with neuroscience? -- How to deal with critique? -- If schools didn't exist - would we miss them? -- Why are we longing for predictability and security? -- The conversation stops but must continue.