Abstract
This chapter draws on the concept of wicked problems but develops this concept further to emphasise wickedity and tameness. The concept of wicked and tame is useful when considering education because issues relating to teaching and learning are always complex. In addition to this, a key part of education, especially within the Higher Education sector, is that it seeks to develop new knowledge rather than just mastering what is already known. It seeks creativity and originality. The argument that is presented here adopts the position that if creativity and originality are valued as part of the remit of education, then we need to establish ways of accommodating this. Recent developments, however, are increasingly taming education.
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Creasy, R. (2018). Education: Wicked or Tame?. In: The Taming of Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62247-7_2
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