This book is a meditation on the profession of teaching from the perspective of a woman whose intellectual identity as teacher and writer is inseparable from her whole life as a woman. Pagano brings the methods and insights of feminist psychoanalytic literary criticism to bear on a reading of her own educational practice in order to reach a transformed understanding of the educational enterprise. She raises serious questions: How are we implicated in what we know? What actions are required by our knowledge? Responses to these questions are given with probing analyses of practice, ethics,...
This book is a meditation on the profession of teaching from the perspective of a woman whose intellectual identity as teacher and writer is inseparab...
How can we build a classroom in which relationships are a central focus and why is this important to teaching and learning? In this engaging book, Johnston brings the conversation about the purpose of education back to the importance of developing critical thinkers that can participate in a democratic society and a rapidly changing world. In order to contribute to educating this kind of citizen, teachers must attend to the development of students' ability to think of themselves in relationships.
How can we build a classroom in which relationships are a central focus and why is this important to teaching and learning? In this engaging book, Joh...