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The Pedagogy of Objects attempts to reorient our thinking about education toward a world made up of autonomous objects. This innovative book puts forth the argument that through discussing the way that objects teach we can reconfigure some of the most pressing political problems confronting education today including increasing forms of institutionality; the often debilitating relationships that exist between teachers and students; the obsessive compulsion to equate education with verification; the manufacture of self-management inherent to curriculum design; and the inability to think vocationalism in a non-instrumental manner; among other issues. By turning our attention away from ideology and toward aesthetics and object relations this book fundamentally changes the way that we conceive of the politics of education and schooling.
List of contents
Preface Introduction: Why a Pedagogy of Objects? Chapter 1: Freinet's Printing Press Chapter 2: The Fetishism of Objects Chapter 3: The Feeling of Things Chapter 4: A New Desire for Learning Conclusion: Schools Against the State
About the author
Nathan Clendenin is a PhD candidate and Instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research interests include aesthetic theory, psychoanalysis, rural education, and non-interpretive approaches to the teaching of literature. He is the author of a book on face transplants.
