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In a rapidly changing world, education is vital for humankind and for the world itself. Education is a contested space. This chapter takes a view of education as being for the good for each person and for the good for humankind. The five broad questions that the book explores are outlined in this chapter, as are key concepts addressed throughout the book, including pedagogy, education, bildung, practice, and praxis. We also briefly introduce the theory of practice architectures. The chapter concludes by providing an introduction to the chapters in the rest of the book.

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    See also Kemmis and Edwards-Groves (2018), Kemmis (2019), Kemmis and Rönnerman (2016), Kemmis and Heikkinen (2012), Kemmis, Wilkinson, and Edwards-Groves (2017), and Mahon, Kemmis, Francisco, and Lloyd (2017).

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    See Schatzki (2002) for a more detailed explanation of the site of a practice.

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  1. Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

    Mervi Kaukko

  2. Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia

    Susanne Francisco

  3. University of Borås, Borås, Sweden

    Kathleen Mahon

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  1. Department of Educational Research and Development, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden

    Kathleen Mahon

  2. School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia

    Christine Edwards-Groves

  3. School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia

    Susanne Francisco

  4. Faculty of Education and Culture, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

    Mervi Kaukko

  5. School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia

    Stephen Kemmis

  6. Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Kirsten Petrie

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Kaukko, M., Francisco, S., Mahon, K. (2020). Education for a World Worth Living In. In: Mahon, K., Edwards-Groves, C., Francisco, S., Kaukko, M., Kemmis, S., Petrie, K. (eds) Pedagogy, Education, and Praxis in Critical Times. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6926-5_1

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