Wisdom Café: What is wisdom and can it be taught?

The recent book "What is wisdom and can it be taught?" discusses wisdom from a psychological perspective and suggests ways to teach wisdom in higher education. But can wisdom really be taught? Professor emeritus Stephen Kemmis and Associate professor Antti Saari offer their views.
Stephen Kemmis
Professor emeritus Stephen Kemmis is one of the most cited education research scholars in the world, and an honorary doctor at the University of Jyväskylä.

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Event date
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Event type
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
Event language
English
Event accessibility
Event space is accessible for all
Event address

Alvar Aallon katu 9
Jyväskylä 40600
Finland

Event organizer
Finnish Institute for Educational Research
Event payment
Free of charge
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Ruusupuisto (RUU) RUU D101 Juho

Programme

9:00 Hannu Heikkinen: Welcome and introduction

9:10 Eeva K. Kallio and Päivi Tynjälä: What is wisdom and can it be taught?

9:40 Stephen Kemmis: Wisdom, practice and praxis

10:10 Antti Saari: Selling water by the river? Psychoanalytic perspectives on teaching wisdom.

10:40 Reflections in small groups

10:50 Coffee 

11:15 Questions & Answers

12:00 Lunch (Restaurant Uno, at own expense

More information

Read more about the book What is Wisdom and Can it be Taught? Philosophical, Psychological, and Pedagogical Perspectives here.

Registration for the coffee service ended 19th August.

The event is organized in collaboration with the Finnish Institute for Educational Research at the University of Jyväskylä's research area Education, belonging, and sustainable society; JYU.Wisdom - School of Resource Wisdom;  and the research group POISED - Political Philosophies and Sociologies of Education, located in Tampere University.

Recording of the event

Further information

Hannu Heikkinen

Hannu Heikkinen

Professor

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