Authority and the teacher. (2014 copyright 2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William H. Kitchen.
• Other Names: Kitchen, William H
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword, Chris WoodheadAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: An Education to be Fearful forPart I: The Background1. Sociological and Philosophical BackgroundA Sociological PerspectivePhilosophy and Theory2. A Definition of AuthorityThe Distinction between Authority and Power3. Authority: Why all the fuss?The Implications for LearningThe Meno Paradox: A Learning ConundrumThe Implications for the Foundations of Knowledge: The Aristotelian ProblemThe Implications for EducationPart II: The Argument4. Polanyi on AuthorityA Brief Philosophical History of Authority and DoubtPolanyi's Fiduciary FrameworkThe Importance of Traditions and Communities within the Fiduciary FrameworkThe Paradigmatic Example: Learning How To SpeakPolanyi's Theory of Knowledge: A CritiqueTacit Knowledge or Guided by Rules?A Proof by ContradictionThe Rule-following ParadoxConcluding the Proof by ContradictionBack to Polanyi5. Oakeshott on AuthorityTeaching and Learning: An Oakeshott DefinitionInformation as 'Inert' KnowledgeJudgement as 'Dynamic' KnowledgeThe Need for Both Information and JudgementPost-script: The Need for Authority in Knowledge, Teaching and Learning, and Education6. Wittgenstein on AuthorityA Foundationalist ApproachThe Categorical Distinction between Certainty and KnowledgeBedrock Certainty: Trust and TrainingHow 'Training' and 'Trust' Depend on Authority: Beyond the Wittgensteinian VisionConclusionBibliography.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (160 pages)
• Subjects: 371.1023; Moral & social purpose of education; Teacher-student relationships; Education -- Philosophy; Authority; EDUCATION / General; EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects; EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General; Teachers' classroom resources & material; Education -- General; Education -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General; Education
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472529800; 1472529804
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