| Authority Is Relational: Rethinking Educational Empowerment Contributor(s): Bingham, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791474038 ISBN-13: 9780791474037 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: A must read for anyone who wants to think in depth about contemporary classrooms. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Education | Educational Psychology - Education | Aims & Objectives |
| Dewey: 370.115 |
| LCCN: 2007035432 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.09" W x 9.24" (0.88 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written in an accessible and personal style, this innovative study of authority in education examines scenarios of authority in ways that problematize, augment, and redefine prevalent ideas of how it works. Usually seen as a thing that people have, the author suggests that authority should be understood instead as a relation that happens between people, which gets enacted in circuits where each participant has a role to play; those circuits can include teachers, students, the books they read, as well as former teachers and former students. Drawing on ideas from psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, philosophy of language, and the work of Jacques Derrida and Paulo Freire, the book offers a useful new understanding of authority in education. |