Seminar description:
During this seminar, Anouk Zuurmond will discuss the outline for a book for which she has received a subsidy by the ‘Lira Fonds’, with the aim to publish academic research for a larger audience in Dutch (see https://www.lira.nl/Articles/lira-fonds-wijst-vier-beurzen-toe-voor-toegankelijk-geschreven-boeken-). The book, with the provoking working title Why don’t we turn schools into businesses? will discuss different philosophers on the role of schools in society to address the issue of increasing marketization / privatization / public – private partnerships in education. This book is in the early stages and work-in-progress, so your thoughts and suggestions are very welcome.
About the speaker:
Anouk Zuurmond has a background in Literature and Philosophy. She worked as a teacher educator at the HU Utrecht University of Applied Sciences and received a PhD in the Humanities at the University of Amsterdam. She previously worked as an assistant professor at the department of Pedagogical Sciences (History & Philosophy of Education) in Groningen, where she coordinated the mastertrack Ethics of Education and taught in the field of philosophy of education. She published on Hannah Arendt’s philosophy and its value for educational discussions, and Michel Serres’ pedagogical thinking. For the past four years she was involved in an NRO-funded research project on critical thinking, citizenship education and vocational education, which lead to publications on the role of Bildung in vocational training.
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