Connected Teaching - Relationship, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education (Paperback)

At a time when many aspects of the faculty role are in question, Harriet Schwartz, the author of Connected Teaching, argues that the role of teachers is as important as ever and is evolving profoundly. She writes "Understanding our inner lives as teachers and our relational stance and practice with students is vital, as increasingly our role is less about transmitting information and more about inviting learning and shaping the nuance of dynamic learning spaces." She believes the relationships faculty have with individual students and with classes and cohorts are the essential driver of teaching and learning. This book explores teaching as a relational practice - a practice wherein connection and disconnection with students, power, identity, and emotion shape the teaching and learning endeavor. The author describes moments of energetic deep learning and what makes these powerful moments happen. She calls on readers to be open to and seek relationship, understand their own socio-cultural identity (and how this shapes internal experience and the ways in which they are met in the world), and vigilantly explore and recognize emotion in the teaching endeavor. Connected Teaching is informed and inspired by Relational Cultural Theory (RCT). The premise of RCT is that the experience of engaging in growth-fostering interactions and relationships is essential to human development. RCT's founding scholars believed the theory would be relevant in many different settings, but this is the first book to apply them to teaching and learning in higher education. In this book, the author shows that RCT has much to offer those devoted to student learning and development, providing a foundation from which to understand the transformative potential of teaching as a relational practice.

General

Imprint:	Stylus Publishing Llc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	Harriet L. Schwartz
Foreword by:	Laurent A. Daloz
Afterword by:	Judith V. Jordan
Dimensions:	152 x 230 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-62036-637-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN:	1-62036-637-1
Barcode:	9781620366370

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