Authority and the Teacher (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781472529848)

Authority and the Teacher seeks to overturn the notion that authority is a restrictive force within education, serving only to stifle creativity and drown out the voice of the student. William H. Kitchen argues that any education must have, as one of its cornerstones, a component which encourages the fullest development of knowledge, which serves as the great educational emancipator. In this version of knowledge-driven education, the teacher's authority should be absolute, so as to ensure that the teacher has the scope to liberate their pupils. The pupil, in the avoidance of ignorance, can thus embrace what is rightfully theirs; the inheritance of intellectual riches passed down through time.

By invoking the work of three major philosophers - Polanyi, Oakeshott and Wittgenstein - as well as contributions from other key thinkers on authority, this book underpins previous claims for the need for authority in education with the philosophical clout necessary to ensure these arguments permeate modern mainstream educational thinking.

Author: William H. Kitchen
ISBN-10: 1472529847
ISBN-13: 9781472529848
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2014
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2015