The Transformative Classroom

Philosophical Foundations and Practical Applications
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-00595-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Education

Transformative approaches to teaching and learning have become ubiquitous in education today. Researchers, practitioners and commentators alike often claim that a truly worthwhile education should transform learners in a profound and enduring way. But what exactly does it mean to be so transformed? What should teachers be transforming students into? Should they really attempt to transform students at all?

The Transformative Classroom engages with these questions left open by the vast discussion of transformative education, providing a synthetic overview and critique of some of the most influential approaches today. In doing so, the book offers a new theory of transformative education that focuses on awakening and facilitating students’ aspiration. Drawing on important insights from ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of education, the book provides both conceptual clarity and concrete practical guidance to teachers who hope to create a transformative classroom.

This book will be of great interest for academics, K-12 teachers, researchers and students in the fields of curriculum and instruction, teaching and learning, adult education, social justice education, educational theory and philosophy of education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yacek, Douglas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I: The Paradigms of Transformation

Chapter 1: Transformation as Conversion

Chapter 2: Transformation as Emancipation

Chapter 3: Transformation as Reconstruction

Part II: The Theory of Aspiration

Chapter 4: The Psychology of Aspiration

Chapter 5: Psychological Barriers to Aspiration

Part III: The Aspirational Classroom

Chapter 6: Awakening Aspiration in the Classroom

Chapter 7: Creating an Aspirational Classroom Environment

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Douglas W. Yacek is a postdoctoral research fellow in philosophy of education at Dortmund University, Germany.