The good life of teaching [[electronic resource] ] : an ethics of professional practice / / Christopher Higgins |
Autore | Higgins Chris <1967-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | 371.102 |
Collana | Journal of philosophy of education book series |
Soggetto topico |
Teaching - Moral and ethical aspects
Education - Moral and ethical aspects Teaching - Philosophy Education - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-283-28457-X
9786613284570 1-4443-4653-9 1-4443-4650-4 |
Classificazione | PHI009000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The Good Life of Teaching: An Ethics of Professional Practice; Contents; Foreword by Richard Smith; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Why We Need a Virtue Ethics of Teaching; Saints and scoundrels; A brief for teacherly self-cultivation; From the terrain of teaching to the definition of professional ethics; Outline of the argument; Part I: The Virtues of Vocation: From Moral professionalism to Practical Ethics; 1: Work and Flourishing: Williams' Critique of Morality and its Implications for Professional Ethics; Retrieving Socrates' question; Modern moral myopia; What do moral agents want?
From moral professionalism to professional ethics2: Worlds of Practice: MacIntyre's Challenge to Applied Ethics; The architecture of MacIntyre's moral theory; A closer look at internal goods; The practicality of ethical reflection; What counts as a practice: The proof, the pudding, and the recipe; Boundary conditions: Practitioners, managers, interpreters, and fans; 3: Labour, Work, and Action: Arendt's Phenomenology of Practical Life; Arendt's singular project; Defining the deed; Hierarchy and interdependence in the vita activa; Praxis in the professions 4: A Question of Experience: Dewey and Gadamer on Practical WisdomThe constant gardener; The existential and aesthetic dimensions of vocation; Our dominant vocation; Practical wisdom and the circle of experience; The open question; Part II: A Virtue Ethics for Teachers: Problems and prospects; 5: The Hunger Artist: Pedagogy and the Paradox of Self-Interest; A blind spot in the educational imagination; The hunger artist; The very idea of a helping profession; This ripeness of self; 6: Working Conditions: The Practice of Teaching and the Institution of School A prima facie case for teaching as a practiceMacIntyre's objection; Schools as surroundings; 7: The Classroom Drama: Teaching as Endless Rehearsal and Cultural Elaboration; Education as the drama of cultural renewal; A false lead; Teaching as labour, work, and action; Education, shelter, and mediation; Teaching as endless rehearsal; Teaching as cultural elaboration; 8: Teaching as Experience: Toward a Hermeneutics of Teaching and Teacher Education; Teaching as vocational environment; Batch processing, kitsch culture, and other obstacles to teacher vocation; The syntax of educational claims The shape of humanistic conversationHorizons of educational inquiry; Teacher education for practical wisdom; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139592503321 |
Higgins Chris <1967-> | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The good life of teaching [[electronic resource] ] : an ethics of professional practice / / Christopher Higgins |
Autore | Higgins Chris <1967-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | 371.102 |
Collana | Journal of philosophy of education book series |
Soggetto topico |
Teaching - Moral and ethical aspects
Education - Moral and ethical aspects Teaching - Philosophy Education - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-283-28457-X
9786613284570 1-4443-4653-9 1-4443-4650-4 |
Classificazione | PHI009000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The Good Life of Teaching: An Ethics of Professional Practice; Contents; Foreword by Richard Smith; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Why We Need a Virtue Ethics of Teaching; Saints and scoundrels; A brief for teacherly self-cultivation; From the terrain of teaching to the definition of professional ethics; Outline of the argument; Part I: The Virtues of Vocation: From Moral professionalism to Practical Ethics; 1: Work and Flourishing: Williams' Critique of Morality and its Implications for Professional Ethics; Retrieving Socrates' question; Modern moral myopia; What do moral agents want?
From moral professionalism to professional ethics2: Worlds of Practice: MacIntyre's Challenge to Applied Ethics; The architecture of MacIntyre's moral theory; A closer look at internal goods; The practicality of ethical reflection; What counts as a practice: The proof, the pudding, and the recipe; Boundary conditions: Practitioners, managers, interpreters, and fans; 3: Labour, Work, and Action: Arendt's Phenomenology of Practical Life; Arendt's singular project; Defining the deed; Hierarchy and interdependence in the vita activa; Praxis in the professions 4: A Question of Experience: Dewey and Gadamer on Practical WisdomThe constant gardener; The existential and aesthetic dimensions of vocation; Our dominant vocation; Practical wisdom and the circle of experience; The open question; Part II: A Virtue Ethics for Teachers: Problems and prospects; 5: The Hunger Artist: Pedagogy and the Paradox of Self-Interest; A blind spot in the educational imagination; The hunger artist; The very idea of a helping profession; This ripeness of self; 6: Working Conditions: The Practice of Teaching and the Institution of School A prima facie case for teaching as a practiceMacIntyre's objection; Schools as surroundings; 7: The Classroom Drama: Teaching as Endless Rehearsal and Cultural Elaboration; Education as the drama of cultural renewal; A false lead; Teaching as labour, work, and action; Education, shelter, and mediation; Teaching as endless rehearsal; Teaching as cultural elaboration; 8: Teaching as Experience: Toward a Hermeneutics of Teaching and Teacher Education; Teaching as vocational environment; Batch processing, kitsch culture, and other obstacles to teacher vocation; The syntax of educational claims The shape of humanistic conversationHorizons of educational inquiry; Teacher education for practical wisdom; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809499103321 |
Higgins Chris <1967-> | ||
Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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