The creative self : psychoanalysis, teaching and learning in the classroom / Tamara Bibby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bibby, Tamara, author.

Series:

Foundations and futures of education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Winnicott, D. W. (Donald Woods), 1896-1971--Influence.

Winnicott, D. W.

Winnicott, D. W. (Donald Woods), 1896-1971.

Psychoanalysis and education.

Reflective teaching.

Teachers--Psychology.

Teachers.

Learning, Psychology of.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

viii, 169 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

The Creative Self engages with the work of the psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott to develop alternative ways of thinking about key issues at the heart of pedagogy; specifically pedagogic relationships, creativity, defiance and compliance. These issues underpin the desires and defences of professionals located in educational institutions, such as the desire to know what is best, to know how to reach all learners, normalised expectations of behaviours and outcomes, and sometimes challenging engagements with students and the curriculum. Each chapter provides both a theoretical focus and illustrative demonstrations of the ways in which Winnicott's theories may be relocated and used productively as tools for professional and academic reflexivity. By building extensively on Winnicott's understanding of the ways in which relationships facilitate (or hinder) the development of the self, this book extends his clinical focus on parental and analytical relationships to think about the ways in which the pedagogic relationship can provide an environment in which people may (or may fail to) develop as learners. This approach provides powerful ways of thinking about pedagogy and pedagogic relationships that stand apart from the cognitive and rationalist tradition. This focus can be used constructively to support people working in educational settings to re-establish a sense of personal and professional autonomy in an environment recently typified by compliance. The Creative Self is an engaging and innovative read appealing to postgraduate students, teachers, researchers and academics with a desire for a new analytic lens through which to explore the educational experiences of both learners and teachers in schools, colleges and universities. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

Part I Things that go right 19

2 The origins and meaning of wellness 21

3 Becoming a person: Winnicott's developmental story 33

4 Communication. Maybe 47

5 Creativity and play: listening to oneself 62

Part II Things that go wrong 79

6 The roots of compliance and non-compliance: True and False Self Structures revisited 81

7 All the good girls and boys: compliance and its vicissitudes 90

8 Defiance: insult or sign of hope? 105

Part III Working it through 125

9 Hate and being a good enough teacher 127

10 Institutions: both mad and maddening 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780415716802

0415716802

9780415716796

0415716799

OCLC:

982652942