The good life of teaching: an ethics of professional practice
Malden, MA
Wiley-Blackwell
310 p.; 24 cm
The Journal of philosophy of education book series
"Originally published as volume 44, issues 2 and 3 of The journal of philosophy of education"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Chris Higgins
Machine generated contents note: Preface )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 -- Chapter 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 ethics -- Chapter 2. 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 -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 4. A Question of Experience: Dewey and Gadamer on Practical Wisdom. The 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 -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 6. Working Conditions: The Practice of Teaching and the Institution of School. A prima facie case for teaching as a practice; MacIntyre's Objection; Schools as surroundings -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 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 conversation; Horizons of educational inquiry; Teacher education for practical wisdom -- Index