Oakeshott Presentation - Forest Schools!

For Oakeshott, education is seen as a transaction between humans, meaning that there needs to be some level of engagement (1971). Oakeshott argues that as humans, we are able to recognize the fact that we are all related to others in some way, beyond the biological factor. As far as education, Oakeshott understands the transaction between humans to be a relationship where we learn human achievements and understanding, simply put, education is where we learn about the world around us by way of relationships with others (which is considered to be a transaction). Oakeshott sees this transaction…