A psychoanalyst in the classroom : on the human condition in education / Deborah P. Britzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Britzman, Deborah P., 1952- author.

Series:

SUNY series, transforming subjects: psychoanalysis, culture, and studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning, Psychology of.

Psychoanalysis and education.

Physical Description:

ix, 177 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]

Summary:

A Psychoanalyst in the Classroom provides rich descriptions of the surprising ways individuals handle matters of love and hate when dealing with reading and writing in the classroom. With wit and sharp observations, Deborah P. Britzman advocates for a generous recognition of the vulnerabilities, creativity, and responsibilities of university learning. Britzman develops themes that include the handling of technique in psychoanalysis and pedagogy. The uses of theory, regression to adolescence, the inner life of gender, the untold story of the writing block, and everyday mistakes in teaching and learning. She also examines the relationship between mental health and experiences of teaching and learning. Book jacket.

Contents:

A psychoanalyst in the classroom: character studies in the human condition of education

"An unexpected novelty": Freud's technique papers go to the university

What is the use of theory?

The adolescent teacher

On the madness of lecturing on gender

The untold story of the writing block

The psychopathologies of everyday education: sleeping, falling, forgetting, lateness, and the professor's mistakes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438457338

1438457332

OCLC:

898206091