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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964261303321

Autore

Bingham Charles W (Charles Wayne)

Titolo

Authority is relational : rethinking educational empowerment / / Charles Bingham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

9780791478387

0791478386

9781435653306

1435653300

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Disciplina

370.11/5

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Authority

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: authority is relational -- Texts and the authority relation -- The literary relation of authority -- Relating to authority figures who are not there -- When faced with authority -- Questioning authority -- Paulo Freire and relational authority.

Sommario/riassunto

A must read for anyone who wants to think in depth about contemporary classrooms.