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Education, Values and Authority

A Semiotic View

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Pedagogy and Edusemiotics

Part of the book series: Educational Futures ((EDUFUT,volume 62))

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What is the relationship between values, authority and education? I believe one very probable first thought could be some kind of idea of moral education. Others might be sceptical, or hold critical views that education and teachers have now lost the authority they used to have in the schooldays of the elders of today, or that neoliberalism and commodification have wiped all old values out of education.

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Pikkarainen, E. (2014). Education, Values and Authority. In: Semetsky, I., Stables, A. (eds) Pedagogy and Edusemiotics. Educational Futures Rethinking Theory and Practice , vol 62. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-857-2_9

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