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Restoring Soul, Passion, and Purpose in Teacher Education: Contesting the Instrumentalization of Curriculum and Pedagogy book cover

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Restoring Soul, Passion, and Purpose in Teacher Education Contesting the Instrumentalization of Curriculum and Pedagogy

By Peter Grimmett Copyright 2022
286 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

286 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

286 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This text both challenges and traces the development of a culture of regulation, standardization, performativity, and governmentality evident in Anglophone teaching practice and education. Framed by a brief history of teacher education research and policy in North America over the last six decades, the text argues that the instrumentalization of curriculum and pedagogy has robbed teachers of... Read more

List of Figures
Foreword from William F. Pinar
Prologue

Introduction

1: Re-enchantment: Restoring Mystery and Wonder

2: The Current Conditions of Teacher Education: Neo-Liberalism as a Prevailing

3: The Current State of Teacher Education in the Anglophone World: Hyper-Rationalization and the Question of Re-Enchantment

4: Myths—Lies that Mislead or Stories that Reflect a Fragment of Light?

5: Extirpating Harmful Historical Myths

6: Current Counter-veiling Neo-liberalist Myths

7: Missing Myths of Pedagogy: Re-Mystifying Teacher Education

8: Finding the Source of Pedagogical Inventiveness Within

9: A Soulful Response to External Pressure

10: The Ultimate Soulful Response: Living a Fulfilled Life with Abandon

Conclusion

Biography

Peter P. Grimmett is professor emeritus in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada. He is also professor emeritus in the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University.

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