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THE GOOD LIFE OF TEACHING
AN ETHICS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE |
| By: |
Chris Higgins |
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Paperback |
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£20.75 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1444339303 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781444339307 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
7 October, 2011 |
| Series: |
Journal of Philosophy of Education |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
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. |
| 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 |
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Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
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Returnable |
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