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Winner of the 2009 Gary A. Olson Award presented by JAC - a journal of rhetoric, culture, and politics
For anyone who has ever been to school, the very thought of education recalls an emotional world denounced. What happens then if we try to understand the emotional scenery of education? Author Deborah P. Britzman proposes that the psychoanalysis of love and hate in learning provides creative commentary on our contemporary educational controversies. Drawing upon novels, art, psychoanalytic theory, clinical material, and philosophical debates on human nature, Britzman presents a psychoanalytic education of uncertainty. She focuses on key encounters: thinking, development, reading, psychology, transference, countertransference, and learning a profession. From the collapse of contemporary pedagogical themes to the work of reparation, Britzman explores the fantasies of education for the purpose of returning ideas of grace, hope, humor, and humility to the impossible professions (education, government, and medicine).
Editions of The Very Thought of Education
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781438426457
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781438426464
- PDF
- ISBN 9781438426556
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Winner of the 2009 Gary A. Olson Award presented by JAC - a journal of rhetoric, culture, and politics
For anyone who has ever been to school, the very thought of education recalls an emotional world denounced. What happens then if we try to understand the emotional scenery of education? Author Deborah P. Britzman proposes that the psychoanalysis of love and hate in learning provides creative commentary on our contemporary educational controversies. Drawing upon novels, art, psychoanalytic theory, clinical material, and philosophical debates on human nature, Britzman presents a psychoanalytic education of uncertainty. She focuses on key encounters: thinking, development, reading, psychology, transference, countertransference, and learning a profession. From the collapse of contemporary pedagogical themes to the work of reparation, Britzman explores the fantasies of education for the purpose of returning ideas of grace, hope, humor, and humility to the impossible professions (education, government, and medicine).
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Winner of the 2009 Gary A. Olson Award presented by JAC - a journal of rhetoric, culture, and politics
For anyone who has ever been to school, the very thought of education recalls an emotional world denounced. What happens then if we try to understand the emotional scenery of education? Author Deborah P. Britzman proposes that the psychoanalysis of love and hate in learning provides creative commentary on our contemporary educational controversies. Drawing upon novels, art, psychoanalytic theory, clinical material, and philosophical debates on human nature, Britzman presents a psychoanalytic education of uncertainty. She focuses on key encounters: thinking, development, reading, psychology, transference, countertransference, and learning a profession. From the collapse of contemporary pedagogical themes to the work of reparation, Britzman explores the fantasies of education for the purpose of returning ideas of grace, hope, humor, and humility to the impossible professions (education, government, and medicine).
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Very Thought of Education?
Society and Social Sciences > Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy > Educational systems and structures > Curriculum planning and development
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How long is The Very Thought of Education and how many pages does it have?
The Very Thought of Education has 180 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Very Thought of Education?
Deborah P. Britzman
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The Very Thought of Education is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781438426457) and paperback(ISBN 9781438426464) and pdf(ISBN 9781438426556)
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