The Transformative Classroom: Philosophical Foundations and Practical Applications (Routledge Research in Education) - Softcover

Yacek, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032005955 ISBN 13: 9781032005959

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

Transformative approaches to teaching and learning have become ubiquitous in education today. Researchers, practitioners and commentators alike often claim that a truly worthwhile education should transform learners in a profound and enduring way. But what exactly does it mean to be so transformed? What should teachers be transforming students into? Should they really attempt to transform students at all?

The Transformative Classroom engages with these questions left open by the vast discussion of transformative education, providing a synthetic overview and critique of some of the most influential approaches today. In doing so, the book offers a new theory of transformative education that focuses on awakening and facilitating students’ aspiration. Drawing on important insights from ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of education, the book provides both conceptual clarity and concrete practical guidance to teachers who hope to create a transformative classroom.

This book will be of great interest for academics, K-12 teachers, researchers and students in the fields of curriculum and instruction, teaching and learning, adult education, social justice education, educational theory and philosophy of education.

About this title

About the Author

Douglas W. Yacek is a postdoctoral research fellow in philosophy of education at Dortmund University, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032005955
• ISBN 13: 9781032005959
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210