Finding Hope in the Turbulent Classroom Curriculum Theory, Psychoanalysis, and School-Based Practice

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Synopsis

This book explores the practical and psychological factors that regulate teaching and learning in the classroom, and illustrates how hope and creativity may arise out of unforeseen, non-standard, or turbulent conditions.
Written at the intersection of curriculum theory and psychoanalysis, this volume offers an original pedagogical stance that seeks to ameliorate the impact of the classroom’s regulated and standardized environment. The author’s approach to classroom education suggests that teachers investigate students’ psychological entanglements to explain and transform difficult classroom experiences into productive, educative ones. By promoting an ethos of ironic engagement in teaching and learning, this book also demonstrates the importance of playfulness, imagination, and a readiness to make mistakes in classroom settings.
This book will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, academics, and policy makers in the fields of curriculum studies, teacher education, educational psychology and classroom management.

Book details

Series:
Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Author:
Alan A. Block
ISBN:
9781000758122
Related ISBNs:
9780429276323, 9780367226695, 9780367226695, 9780429276323, 9781032239170, 9780367226695
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
160
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-03-24
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2020
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction, Psychology