The Latin word “Docilitas” in the title of this book means the
willingness and capacity we have of being able to learn something
we did not know. It has not the same connotation as “learning,”
which is what happens to us when we are taught something. Docility
also means our recognition that we do not know many things, that we
need the help of others, wiser than we are, to learn most of what
we know, though we can discover a few things by or own experience.
This book contains some sixteen chapters, each of which was given
to an audience in some college or university setting. They consider
what it is to teach, what to read, reading places, libraries, and
class rooms. They look upon the duties of a teacher or professor as
mostly a delight, because the truth should delight us. In Another
Sort of Learning, the subject of what a student “owes” his
teacher came up. Here, we look at the other side of the question,
what does a teacher or professor “do”? But a professor cannot
teach unless there is someone willing to be taught, someone willing
to recognize that he needs guidance and help. Yet, the end of
teaching is not just the “transfer” of what is in the mind of
the professor to the mind of the student. It is when both, student
and teacher, behold, reflect on, and see the same truth of things
that are. This common “seeing” is the read adventure in which
student and teacher share something neither “owns.” Knowledge
and truth are free, but each requires our different insights and
approaches so that we can finally realize what “teaching” and
“being taught” mean to us.
General
| Imprint: |
St. Augustine's Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2016 |
| Firstpublished: |
2015 |
| Authors: |
James V Schall
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| Dimensions: |
244 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Paper over boards
|
| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-58731-182-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-58731-182-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781587311826 |
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