A Pedagogy of Purpose: Classical Wisdom for the Modern Classroom
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Contents
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Language
English
ISBN
9781914351372
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Introduction
Chapter 1: Mapping the mindsets
The origins of the mechanistic approach
Philosophical problems with the mechanistic approach
Mechanistic assessment
The quality of teaching and learning
Curriculum design
Tweaking the systems
Seeking purpose
Health and happiness: the true purpose of education?
The mental health crisis
Key points summary
âKey points from chapter 1
Chapter 2: The creativity of pedagogy
Karl Marx, labour and alienation
The top-down approach
Tick-box teaching and learning
The creative essence of teaching
The subjectivity of teaching
A creative pedagogy in practice
Your teaching persona
Key points summary
Key points from chapter 2
Chapter 3: A humanising pedagogy
Othering and dehumanising
Othering and dehumanising students
Deficiencies of a data-driven pedagogy
Measuring the unmeasurable
A rehumanising pedagogy in practice
An adaptive pedagogy
Teacher-led pedagogy: a bottom-up approach
Othering and student behaviour
Managing behaviour for the right reasons
Balancing a humanising pedagogy with professionalism
Mindset matters
Key points summary
Key points from chapter 3
Chapter 4: A purposeful work ethic
The cost of success
Max Weber and the capitalist spirit of work (and education)
Friedrich Nietzscheâs critique of work ethic
Mechanistic work ethic
Sacrificing primary pedagogy for the peripheries
Preaching the doctrine of hard work
A tale of two students
Work ethic within a pedagogy of purpose
Students working with purpose
Purposeful vs. purposeless work
Learning to not work
Work motivation and teaching for longevity
Key points summary
Key points from chapter 4
Chapter 5: Classes and the classroom
Philosophy and class
The educated class
The school uniform and socioeconomic hegemony
The mechanistic approach to âbridging the gapâ
Plato, pedagogy and class consciousness
The valuing and devaluing of culture
Key points summary
Key points from chapter 5
Chapter 6: Purpose and wellbeing in education
A philosophy of happiness
Mixed messages: is it really ok not to be ok?
Enforcing normalcy
Physical health and wellbeing in school
Purposeful wellbeing
Physical education and purpose
Accepting not being ok
Key points summary
Key points from chapter 6
Chapter 7: Teaching mindfully and purposefully
Detachment and Platoâs charioteer
Meet students where they are
Teachers and antiauthoritarianism
Accepting antiauthoritarianism
Stoic teaching
Process-based over outcome-based
Key points summary
Key points from chapter 7
Conclusion
Bibliography
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