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Veli-Mikko Kauppi
M.Ed.
Doctoral Student
Philosophy of Education
Biography
Research interests
- John Dewey
- Citizenship
- Intelligence
- Pragmatism
- Critical Pedagogy
Briefly
I am interested in rethinking our ideas of intelligence. My claim is that education that aims at increasing intelligent action often fails to do so, as it sets out from a flawed idea of intelligence as a property of individuals. I ground my research on the theories of the pragmatist philosopher John Dewey.
Publications
Kauppi, V-M., Holma, K. & Kontinen, T. (2019, in press). John Dewey’s notion of social intelligence. In Holma, K. & Kontinen, T. (eds.), Practices of Citizenship in East Africa. Perspectives from Philosophical Pragmatism. London: Routledge
Research groups
- Doctoral Student, Growth into Citizenship in Civil Society Encounters (GROW)
- Doctoral Student, Theory and Practice of Learning in Civil Society (CS-Learn)
