Teaching with reverence: reviving an ancient virtue for today's schools

Reverence is a forgotten virtue in teaching and learning. When taken in a broader spiritual sense, it is often associated with a mute and prim solemnity. The essays gathered here examine reverence as a way to understand some of the spiritual dimensions of classroom teaching. A.G. RUD Dean of the Washington State University College of Education, USA, overseeing the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology and the Department of Teaching and Learning for all four WSU campuses. JIM GARRISON Professor of Philosophy of Education at Virginia Tech, USA, where he also holds appointments in the Department of Philosophy and the Science, Technology, and Society program. His work concentrates on philosophical pragmatism. Awards include the Scholarly Achievement Award from the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, the John Dewey Society Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Jim Merritt award for his scholarship in the philosophy of education. He is a past-president of the Philosophy of Education Society as well as of the John DeweySociety. INDICE: The Practice of Reverent Teaching; 'R.Boostrom' - Reverence and Attentive Love in Teaching;' D.P.Liston - 'Reverence and Teaching; 'W.Ayers' - Reverence and a Poetics of Teaching; 'C.Rodgers - 'Spots of Time in Teaching: Epiphanic Dimensions of our Practice as Teachers; 'S.Intrator - 'Teaching Presence;' R.Kessler' '(deceased) - 'Communicative Reverence and a Feminine Sublime;' M.J.Laverty - 'Reverence for Things Not Seen: Implied Creators in Works of Art, and Implied Teachers in Experiential Pedagogy; 'B.Novak - 'A Sense of Reverence as Central to Composing a Teaching Life: An Autobiographical Account; 'W.H.Schubert - 'To Seek by Way of Silence; 'M.Dale' - Risking Reverence; 'E.J.O'Quinn'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11492-0
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 184
• Fecha Publicación: 03/02/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés