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Reverence is a forgotten virtue in teaching and learning. When
taken in a broader spiritual sense, it is often associated with a
mute and prim solemnity. The essays gathered here examine reverence
as a way to understand some of the spiritual dimensions of
classroom teaching.
John Dewey is considered not only as one of the founders of
pragmatism, but also as an educational classic whose approaches to
education and learning still exercise great influence on current
discourses and practices internationally. In this book, the authors
first provide an introduction to Dewey's educational theories that
is founded on a broad and comprehensive reading of his philosophy
as a whole. They discuss Dewey's path-breaking contributions by
focusing on three important paradigm shifts - namely, the cultural,
constructive, and communicative turns in twentieth-century
educational thinking. Secondly, the authors recontexualize Dewey
for a new generation who has come of age in a very different world
than that in which Dewey lived and wrote by connecting his
philosophy with six recent and influential discourses (Bauman,
Foucault, Bourdieu, Derrida, Levinas, Rorty). These serve as models
for other recontexualizations that readers might wish to carry out
for themselves.
Reverence is a forgotten virtue in teaching and learning. When
taken in a broader spiritual sense, it is often associated with a
mute and prim solemnity. The essays gathered here examine reverence
as a way to understand some of the spiritual dimensions of
classroom teaching.
In The Wanderer, Carole J. Garrison fulfills her bucket list by
meeting with the people who fascinate her and the places that lead
her to them. Through her journeys, she explores the unexpected
human connections that transform the experience of travel, and she
celebrates the gifts of kindness she encounters around the world
from the perspective of a solo female traveler. In each new place
she visits, the nomadic Garrison keeps company with a cast of
fantastic characters, each of whom opens her eyes to new cultural
perspectives while inspiring love and laughter. The Wonderer is a
heartfelt and honest memoiristic travelogue that invites us into
the life and journeys of Garrison.
John Dewey is considered not only as one of the founders of
pragmatism, but also as an educational classic whose approaches to
education and learning still exercise great influence on current
discourses and practices internationally. In this book, the authors
first provide an introduction to Dewey's educational theories that
is founded on a broad and comprehensive reading of his philosophy
as a whole. They discuss Dewey's path-breaking contributions by
focusing on three important paradigm shifts - namely, the cultural,
constructive, and communicative turns in twentieth-century
educational thinking. Secondly, the authors recontexualize Dewey
for a new generation who has come of age in a very different world
than that in which Dewey lived and wrote by connecting his
philosophy with six recent and influential discourses (Bauman,
Foucault, Bourdieu, Derrida, Levinas, Rorty). These serve as models
for other recontexualizations that readers might wish to carry out
for themselves.
How did standardized tests become the measure of performance in our
public schools? In this compelling work, Mark J. Garrison attempts
to answer this question by analyzing the development of
standardized testing, from the days of Horace Mann and Alfred Binet
to the current scene. Approaching the issue from a sociohistorical
perspective, the author demonstrates the ways standardized testing
has been used to serve the interests of the governing class by
attaching a performance-based value to people and upholding
inequality in American society. The book also discusses the
implications that a restructuring of standardized testing would
have on the future of education, specifically what it could do to
eliminate the measure of individual worth based on performance.
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