Education for All as praxis: consequences for the profession

In this paper we explore the concepts that form the framework for the differentresearch projects that are reported in this special issue. All projects were part ofthe international Pedagogy, Education and Praxis research network. The maingoal of this paper is to set the theoretical ‘mis-en-scène’ for the other papers inthe issue. First, based on literature, we explore different meanings of conceptssuch as ‘Education for All’, ‘social justice’, ‘praxis’ and ‘pedagogy’. Secondly,we explain why we rely on these concepts and, finally, we investigate the conse-quences of these decisions for the profession, including professionals in schoolsas well as in universities. Teaching and Teacher Learning (ICLON