(The Journal of Philosophy of Education Book Series)
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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