Full Description
There is an ongoing tendency in contemporary research, policy and practice to see the teacher as a technician who, with guidance from scientific evidence about 'what works,' can become increasingly more effective in bringing about measurable learning outcomes. This book not only shows why a technical understanding of teaching is problematic, but also explores in detail what can be gained from understanding teaching as a situated art that requires the purposeful combination of craft - teachers' 'know how' - and wisdom - the ability to make meaningful judgements about what needs to be done in the always concrete and unique situation of the classroom.
The book asks what the artistry of teaching is, how it matters for teaching, what it looks like and feels like for both teachers and students, how the arts can help in deepening our understanding of teaching, who may benefit from the artistry of teaching, and what this means for becoming and being a teacher, individually and collectively. The book seeks to provide a meaningful alternative in contemporary discussions about teachers, teaching and the future of teacher education. In addition, the idea of artistry highlights the aesthetic qualities and dimensions of teaching and opens up new ways for understanding teacher formation and teacher development.
Contents
Introduction: We Need to Talk About Teaching, Gert Biesta and Ramsey Affifi (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
1. Reclaiming the Artistry of Teaching, Gert Biesta (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
2. Teaching Under the Spectre of a New Industrial Revolution, Stephen Sowa (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
3. On Observing Two Pacific Island Poets Teach: Some Reflections on The 'Va' and The Artistry of Teaching, Shari Sabeti (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
4. The Art and Artistry of Teaching: Looking Beyond the Quantifiable in Initial Teacher Education, Lorna Hamilton (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
5. Artful Teaching in the AI Age: Seeing Harm in Artificiality via Blade Runner, James Macallister (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
6. Art is the Mother of Resistance: Must Education Resist too?, Sonia Sjollema (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
7. Challenging Simplistic Storylines: Diversity, Complexity Commonalities and the Artistry of Teaching, Paul Mcmillan and Mike Jess (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
8. Artistry of Teaching as a Practice of Curation: Inviting Possibilities for Knowing and Seeing Anew, Laura Colucci-Gray (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
9. Aesthetic Tensions and Situated Judgements in Teaching, Ramsey Affifi (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
10. Confucius as a Teacher: On His Artistry of Teaching, Chang Liu (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
11. The Aesthetics of Teaching: How Education Really Works, Gert Biesta (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Conclusion - Reclaiming teacher artistry: The art of saying 'no', Ramsey Affifi and Gert Biesta (University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
