Dilemmatic Approach to Education

Ariel Sarid is currently Head of the M.Ed. program for Management and Organization of Educational Systems at Beit Berl College, Israel. His research/teaching interests include various themes in the philosophy of education, educational leadership, school organization and curriculum, social justice education, and teacher professional development.

• PrefaceIntroduction: inner tensions, dilemmas, and educationChapter 1: Theoretical foundationsChapter 2: A theory of educationChapter 3: Core educational dilemmasChapter 4: Educational leadership dilemmasChapter 5: A dilemmatic approach to social justice educational leadershipChapter 6: Ethical self-understanding and communities of practice

Ariel Sarid writes: The dilemmatic nature of education is a defining feature of any educational process, whether this nature is made explicit or remains implicit in educational theory or praxis. That means: dilemmas are an essential category of consciousness, thought, and action. In other words, Sarid is normalizing confusions, uncertainties and ambiguities, among other wicked problems found in education. In other words, making sense of dilemmas is what educators, both theoreticians and practitioners, are required to do. Each chapter illustrates dilemmas across a wide range of perennial and contemporary issues found in classrooms, schools and societies. Sarid draws upon many different theorists from inside and outside the fields of education to demonstrate his thesis. It is fair to say that none of us – as individual or communities of learners - has just one core value. If true, then why should education? Ira Bogotch, Professor, Educational Leadership,Florida Atlantic University