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This chapter addresses some of the conceptual tools of Alfred North Whitehead that have direct implications for conceiving the process of learning as a creative adventure and for forming effective and commensurate pedagogical strategies. Whitehead’s concern for the creative advance into novelty is related to learning processes as a ‘coming into existence’ and the pedagogical work of developing a nurturing context. This also demands a process of eternal vigilance for the relevance of learning practices that may seem irrelevant to pedagogical frameworks.
Have a care, here is something that matters.
A. N. Whitehead, Modes of Thought, (p. 116)
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Atkinson, D. (2018). Whitehead’s Adventure. In: Art, Disobedience, and Ethics. Education, Psychoanalysis, and Social Transformation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62639-0_5
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