Listening to teach : beyond didactic pedagogy / edited by Leonard J. Waks ; contributors, David I. Backer [and thirteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waks, Leonard J. (Leonard Joseph), editor.

Backer, David I., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Effective teaching.

Communication in education.

Teacher-student relationships.

Listening.

Classroom environment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of the 2016 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Society of Professors of EducationWhat happens when teachers step back from didactic talk and begin to listen to their students? After decades of neglect, we are currently witnessing a surge of interest in this question. Listening to Teach features the leading voices in the recent discussion of listening in education. These contributors focus close attention on the key role of teachers as they move away from didactic talk and begin to devise innovative pedagogical strategies that encourage active listening by teachers and also cultivate active listening skills in learners. Twelve teaching approaches are explored, from Reggio Emilia's project method and Paulo Freire's pedagogy of the oppressed to experiential learning and philosophy for children. Each chapter offers a brief explanation of one of these approaches—its background, the problems it aims to resolve, the educators who have pioneered it, and its treatment of listening. The chapters conclude with ideas and suggestions drawn from these pedagogies that may be useful to classroom teachers.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

The Problem with Didactic Methods- Teacher Talk and Passive Listening

Listening to Teach

Listening in Observation, Discussion, and Facilitation

Types of Listening

Listening and Social Justice

What This Book is about and How to Use It

Notes

References

Part I: Listening in Established Pedagogies

1 A Reggio Emilia-Inspired Pedagogy of Listening

Reggio Philosophy

Emergent Curriculum

The Hundred Languages

The Image of the Teacher

Implications and Challenges for Classroom Practice

Suggested Reading

2 Paulo Freire's Critical Pedagogy

The Context in which Critical Pedagogy Developed

Listening in Dialogue

Educational Listening Today

Freire's Publications

Coauthored Works

Further Readings

3 Listening in Experiential Learning

What is Experiential Education?

Models of Experiential Education

David Kolb's Model of Learning Styles and Experiential Learning

The Kolb Experiential Learning Model

Critiques of Kolb's Theory of Learning Styles

Kolb and Listening

Laura Joplin's Model of Experiential Education

The Joplin Experiential Education Model

Narrative and Continuity

Listening in Experiential Education

Communication Situations in Experiential Education

Types of Listening Experiential Learning

Conclusion

4 Philosophy for Children and Listening Education

Philosophy for Children (P4C)

Hermeneutical Listening

Philosophical Listening

Appreciative Listening

Existential Listening

5 Listening in Interpretive Discussion

Background of Interpretive Discussion.

Pedagogy of Listening in Interpretive Discussion

What Helps People Learn to Listen to One Another in Interpretive Discussion?

Note

6 Can Listening Be Taught?*

How is Listening Taught through Dialogue?

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7 Listening for Discussion

History of the Pedagogy

Harkness Teaching in Context

The Conference Method and Discussion

Three Principles of Harkness Teaching

Listening for Discussion

Part II: Listening in New and Emerging Pedagogies

8 Listening in the Pedagogy of Discomfort

The Pedagogy of Discomfort

Listening Within the Pedagogy of Discomfort

The Role of Emotions in Listening: The Problems of Passive Empathy

Listening in Action

The Problem of Empathy: Listening to Disability Experience

The Discomfort of Ambiguity: The Case of Gender

Conclusion: Lessons from the Pedagogy of Discomfort

Further Reading

9 Listening in Human Rights Education

Listening in Oral History

Curation as Listening

Towards a Pedagogy of Listening to Life Stories

Suggestions for Further Reading

10 Listening in a Pedagogy of Trust

Contexts of Trauma: Aceh Indonesia, Refugee Camps in Lebanon, Haiti

Teaching Listening: Establishing Trust in Haiti

Introducing Trust into Teacher Practice: Collaborative Mentoring in Aceh

Introducing Trust into Teacher Practice: Collaborative Mentoring

When Listening is not Enough: The Fragility of Trust

References.

11 Promoting Listening by Augmenting Uncertainty

Direct Involvement

Developing toward Direct Involvement

Augmenting Uncertainty

Clearing Away the Self

Suggested Readings

12 Listening and Teaching in Online Contexts

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438458335

1438458339

OCLC:

940521391