The Good Life of Teaching An Ethics of Professional Practice

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Synopsis

The Good Life of Teaching extends the recent revival of virtue ethics to professional ethics and the philosophy of teaching. It connects long-standing philosophical questions about work and human growth to questions about teacher motivation, identity, and development. Makes a significant contribution to the philosophy of teaching and also offers new insights into virtue theory and professional ethics Offers fresh and detailed readings of major figures in ethics, including Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, and Bernard Williams and the practical philosophies of Hannah Arendt, John Dewey and Hans-Georg Gadamer Provides illustrations to assist the reader in visualizing major points, and integrates sources such as film, literature, and teaching memoirs to exemplify arguments in an engaging and accessible way Presents a compelling vision of teaching as a reflective practice showing how this requires us to prepare teachers differently

Book details

Series:
Journal of Philosophy of Education (Book 18)
Author:
Chris Higgins
ISBN:
9781444346503
Related ISBNs:
9781444346534, 9781444339307
Publisher:
Wiley
Pages:
304
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2019-12-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2011
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Sociology