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<p>This paper explore ideas of ‘livingness’ in education and in research, through ideas of spirituality, conversation, care and curiosity. Research ‘on’ education is distinguished from educational research, with the latter having a transformative intention, and this can overcome some of the dualisms that have become embedded in education policy and practice. Research that is surprising has this in common with dialogue, in Buber’s terms, and with transformative education. And the care for the object of study that researchers may exhibit is related to mutual care in all ethical relationships. This is an appropriate guide to curiosity. One example of such curious research is the use of conversation, conversation that is more dialogic than dialectical. In such ways, education and research can together be more ‘alive’, as can we all.</p>
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This paper explore ideas of ‘livingness’ in education and in research, through ideas of spirituality, conversation, care and curiosity. Research ‘on’ education is distinguished from educational research, with the latter having a transformative intention, and this can overcome some of the dualisms that have become embedded in education policy and practice. Research that is surprising has this in common with dialogue, in Buber’s terms, and with transformative education. And the care for the object of study that researchers may exhibit is related to mutual care in all ethical relationships. This is an appropriate guide to curiosity. One example of such curious research is the use of conversation, conversation that is more dialogic than dialectical. In such ways, education and research can together be more ‘alive’, as can we all.

‘You’re Alive!’: On the ‘Livingness’ of Spirited Educational Research

International Journal for Transformative Research

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This paper explore ideas of ‘livingness’ in education and in research, through ideas of spirituality, conversation, care and curiosity. Research ‘on’ education...

‘You’re Alive!’: On the ‘Livingness’ of Spirited Educational Research

Published Online: Dec 12, 2022

Page range: 1 - 5

Received: Mar 01, 2022

Accepted: Sep 09, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijtr-2022-0001

Keywords
dialogue, conversation, spirituality, livingness, Martin Buber

© 2022 Julian Stern et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

‘You’re Alive!’: On the ‘Livingness’ of Spirited Educational Research

Published Online: Dec 12, 2022

Page range: 1 - 5

Received: Mar 01, 2022

Accepted: Sep 09, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijtr-2022-0001

Keywordsdialogue, conversation, spirituality, livingness, Martin Buber

© 2022 Julian Stern et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
dialogue, conversation, spirituality, livingness, Martin Buber