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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: |
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2004 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Brent Davis
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Dimensions: |
228 x 154 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
250 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8058-5039-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
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LSN: |
0-8058-5039-2 |
Barcode: |
9780805850390 |
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