Teachers Matter - Educational Philosophy and Authentic Learning

Notions of 'the teacher' live in the ideas and practices of curriculum and policies; teachers are teachers because they teach. Yet, it matters who teachers are - no attempt at good teaching and learning can manifest without having some idea of who teachers are and who they can become.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Claims of Being a Teacher: Making Teaching Defensible Again

Chapter 2: Extending a Rediscovered Notion of Teaching

Chapter 3: Towards a Freirean View of a Teacher-in-Becoming

Chapter 4: Maxine Greene on Being a 'Teacher in Becoming'

Chapter 5: Jacques Derrida on Being a Teacher-in-Becoming

Chapter 6: Jacques Rancière on a Teacher-in-Becoming

Chapter 7: Ibn Khaldun on Teachers and Teaching

Chapter 8: Al-Ghazzali on Teaching

Chapter 9: Teaching as conflict and controversy

Chapter 10: On Why Teachers Matter: The Effects of Influence and Expectation

Chapter 11: Postscript

About the author

Nuraan Davids is professor of philosophy of education at Stellenbosch University.

Yusef Waghid is professor of philosophy of education at Stellenbosch University.

Product details

• Authors: Nuraan Davids, Davids Nuraan, Yusef Waghid, Yusef Davids Waghid, Waghid Yusef
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781793625465
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-546-5
• No. of pages: 142
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies, Educators;Learning methods;Teachers;Teaching methods