A Pedagogy of Becoming / Jon Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills, Jon, 1964- author.

Series:

Value inquiry book series ; Volume 116.

Value Inquiry Book Series ; Volume 116

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Aims and objectives.

Education.

Education--Philosophy.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 236 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Editions Rodopi B. V., [2002]

Summary:

This book advocates a return to the spirit of the Greek notion of paideia, emphasizing a pedagogy of becoming. The authors offer a holistic approach to education that aspires toward the inclusion, promotion, and nurturance of virtue and valuation. Topics range from the purely conceptual to applied methodology. Several key issues and contemporary trends in education are addressed philosophically, including the values of wisdom, morality, compassion, empathy, interdependence, authenticity, and self-understanding.

Contents:

Introduction : Paideia reconsidered / Jon Mills

Philosophical considerations. Can wisdom be taught? / David A. Jopling ; In search of moral teaching / Janusz A. Polanowski ; Education through compassion : cultivating our mystical vocation / Frank Gruba-McCallister

Enactments and applied methodology. Abolishing educational welfare : redrawing the lines of interdependency through dialogue / George David Miller ; An unorthodox pedagogy : fostering empathy through provocation / Jon Mills ; The "good enough" teacher and the authentic student / Guy Allen ; Teaching through discussion / Jeffrey Tlumak ; The classroom experience as a laboratory for self-understanding / Marc Lubin ; Education in the twenty-first century / John Lachs and Shirley M. Lachs.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9789004458635

9004458638

OCLC:

1294376246