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The teacher and the world : a study of cosmopolitanism as education / David T. Hansen.

Author/creator Hansen, David T., 1952-
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2011.
Descriptionxv, 153 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Teacher quality and school development series
Teacher quality and school development series. ^A1108085
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.A Perspective on Teaching and Education for Our Time -- Introduction -- Background Notes on the History of Cosmopolitanism -- The Current Research Landscape -- On Patience, Truth, and Justice in Teaching -- Remarks on Method -- Overview of the Book -- 2.Becoming a Teacher in and of the World -- A Cosmopolitan Lineage -- The Art of Living as an Educational Outlook -- Educational Arts of and for Living -- Conclusion: On Inhabiting the World -- 3.On the Human Condition and its Educational Challenge -- Life is Change: Cultivating a Sense of Stability -- On Human Diversity: Not Foreign but Unfathomable -- Dwelling in an Uncertain World -- Tensions between Home and Movement -- The Teacher in the World, and the World in the Teacher -- 4.Cultural Crossroads and Creativity -- Has Diversity Been Eclipsed in Our Time? -- Precursors to Contemporary Research on Cosmopolitan Practices -- Cosmopolitanism on the Ground Today -- Learning with Others -- 5.Curriculum and Teaching in and for the World -- Responding to the World's Address -- Inheritance and Pedagogy -- Exercises of the Self for the Teacher in the World -- Teaching, Curriculum, and the Cosmopolitan Prism -- Epilogue: Cosmos, Demos, and the Teacher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011012234
ISBN9780415783316 (hardback)
ISBN0415783313 (hardback)
ISBN9780415783323 (pbk.)
ISBN0415783321 (pbk.)
ISBN9780203803325 (ebook)
ISBN0203803329 (ebook)

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks LC191 .H2595 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold