Authority and the Teacher

ISBN-13: 9781472524287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str.

William H. Kitchen

Opis

Authority and the Teacher seeks to overturn the notion that authority is a restrictive force within education, serving only to stifle creativity and drown out the voice of the student. William H. Kitchen argues that any education must have, as one of its cornerstones, a component which encourages the fullest development of knowledge, which serves as the great educational emancipator. In this version of knowledge-driven education, the teacher's authority should be absolute, so as to ensure that the teacher has the scope to liberate their pupils. The pupil, in the avoidance of ignorance, can thus embrace what is rightfully theirs; the inheritance of intellectual riches passed down through time. By invoking the work of three major philosophers - Polanyi, Oakeshott and Wittgenstein - as well as contributions from other key thinkers on authority, this book underpins previous claims for the need for authority in education with the philosophical clout necessary to ensure these arguments permeate modern mainstream educational thinking.

Recenzje

Making the argument for knowledge-based teaching through philosophy allows Kitchen to remind us that, whatever the evidence might suggest, it is the authority of the teacher that is of crucial importance to the success of education. Authority and the Teacher is a vital contribution to the key education debate of our time. Joanna Williams Spiked Magazine

Spis treści

Foreword Chris WoodheadAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: An Education to be Fearful forPart I: The Background1. Sociological Background2. Philosophical and Theoretical Background3. A Definition of Authority4. Authority: Why all the fuss?Part II: The Argument5. Polanyi on Authority6. Oakeshott on Authority7.The Need for Authority in Knowledge, Teaching and Learning, and Education8. Wittgenstein on AuthorityConclusionBibliographyIndex

O autorze

William H. Kitchen is a freelance educational researcher. He currently teaches mathematics at post-primary level in Northern Ireland, and has previously authored Authority and the Teacher with Bloomsbury.