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At a time when education is becoming ever more standardized and technocratic, there is renewed interest in the interpersonal, even intimate phenomenon of pedagogical tact. Some speak of a renaissance. Like tact in general, pedagogical tact is a ready and delicate sense of what is fitting and proper in dealing with others. In pedagogy, these "others" are typically children, youth, or students, and tact is exercised as a kind of disposition that is oriented to the learners' maturation and eventual autonomy. It takes the form of a subtle but active discernment that arises when theories and prescriptions simply do not help.
This edited collection, the first to appear on pedagogical tact in English, includes contributions from several authors who are a part of the renaissance in this area. It also features a substantial introduction to the tradition of pedagogy from which tact emerges, and one that also traces the international development of understandings of pedagogical tact.
This rich collection of recent texts on pedagogical tact provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the intricate relationship between theory and practice. It explores various characteristics, contexts, and applications of pedagogical tact, featuring contributions from distinguished scholars from the USA, Sweden, France, Germany, and Switzerland. As the first English-language volume dedicated solely to this topic since Max van Manen's The Tact of Teaching (1991) and Pedagogical Tact (2015), it is an essential resource. Highly recommended.
— Evi Agostini, Director of Studies - Education Directorate of Doctoral Studies, University of Vienna
Contents
Introduction
Pedagogical Tact: An Historical Introduction - Norm Friesen
Chapter Synopses - Norm Friesen
Theorizing Tact
Reconsidering Tact - Eirick Prairat
A Matter of "Character, Mind, and Heart"? - Sales Severin Rödel
Tact as Pedagogical Daimon? Arendt on Tact, Exemplarity, & Judgment - Morten Korsgaard
Tact in Context
Pedagogical Tact and the Limits of Community - Hans-Rüdiger Mueller
Pedagogical Tact and Education in the Family - Dominik Krinninger & Kaja Kesselhut
Embodiment and Tact
Antimonies and Aporias: The Reciprocal Ambivalence of Tact & the Body - Norm Friesen
Tactful Views on Forms of Educational Precaution and Measure - Jörg Zirfas &
Daniel Burghardt
Creating Contact, Making Things Sound: Tact and Resonance - Jens Beljan
Postscript: Tact and Pedagogical Professionalism
Pedagogical Tact and Teacher Professionalization: A Conceptualization - Thomas
Senkbeil & Norm Friesen
