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Inventions of Teaching - A Genealogy (Hardcover)
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Inventions of Teaching - A Genealogy (Hardcover)
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Inventions of Teaching: A Genealogy is a powerful examination of
current metaphors for and synonyms of teaching. It offers an
account of the varied and conflicting influences and conceptual
commitments that have contributed to contemporary vocabularies--and
that are in some ways maintained by those vocabularies, in spite of
inconsistencies and incompatibilities among popular terms. The
concern that frames the book is how speakers of English invented
(in the original sense of the word, "came upon") our current
vocabularies for teaching. Conceptually, this book is unique in the
educational literature. As a whole, it presents an overview of the
major underlying philosophical and ideological concepts and
traditions related to knowledge, learning, and teaching in the
Western world, concisely introducing readers to the central
historical and contemporary discourses that shape current
discussions and beliefs in the field. Because the organization of
historical, philosophical, theoretical, and etymological
information is around key conceptual divergences in Western thought
rather than any sort of chronology, this text is not a linear
history, but several histories--or, more precisely, it is a
genealogy. Specifically, it is developed around breaks in opinion
that gave or are giving rise to diverse interpretations of
knowledge, learning, and teaching--highlighting historical moments
in which vibrant new figurative understandings of teaching emerged
and moments at which they froze into literalness. The book is
composed of two sorts of chapters, "branching" and "teaching."
Branching chapters include an opening treatment of the break in
opinion, separate discussions of each branch, and a summary of the
common assumptions and shared histories of the two branches.
Teaching chapters offer brief etymological histories and some of
the practical implications of the terms for teaching that were
coined, co-opted, or redefined within the various traditions.
Inventions of Teaching: A Genealogy is an essential text for senior
undergraduate and graduate courses in curriculum studies and
foundations of teaching and is highly relevant as well for
students, faculty, and researchers across the field of education.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2004 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Brent Davis
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8058-5038-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
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LSN: |
0-8058-5038-4 |
Barcode: |
9780805850383 |
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