The Tone of Teaching: The Language of Pedagogy

by Max van Manen

Overview

In the revised and updated second edition of The Tone of Teaching, bestselling author Max van Manen defines sound pedagogy as the ability to distinguish effectively between what is appropriate, and what is less appropriate in our communications and dealings with children and young people as parents and educators. The author: -Shows how tactful educators develop a caring attentiveness to the unique; to the uniqueness of children, and to the uniqueness of their individual lives-Describes how this "tone" of teaching can be sustained by the cultivation of a certain kind of seeing, listening, and responding to each child in each particular situation-Offers practical insights for both educators and parents

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629584201
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/31/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Max van Manen is emeritus Professor in Research Methods, Pedagogy and Curriculum Studies in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta and Adjunct Professor at the University of Victoria. He is the leading proponent of the practice and meaning of phenomenological inquiry in pedagogy, psychology, health science, and the human sciences. He is author of books on phenomenology and on pedagogy, including Childhood’s Secrets: Intimacy, Privacy, and the Self Reconsidered  (with Bas Levering, 1996), Phenomenology of Practice: Meaning-Giving Methods in Phenomenological Research and Writing (2014), and Pedagogical Tact: Knowing What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do  (2015). He has had his books translated into many languages. Max van Manen has also authored numerous articles and chapters on pedagogy, health science, curriculum, qualitative research methods, and phenomenology. He founded the journal Phenomenology and Pedagogy and developed the website PhenomenologyOnline. He is recipient of an honorary doctorate, and he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Curriculum Division of the American Educational Research Association among many other awards and distinctions.

Table of Contents

1. Pedagogical Thoughtfulness and Tact 2. Understanding the Child’s World of Possibility 3. The Child’s Experience of Curiosity and Wonder 4. Seeing Children Pedagogically 5. Every Child Needs to Be Seen 6. The Importance Of Recognition 7. The Pedagogical Dimension of Teaching 8. The Pedagogical Significance of Discipline 9. How Do Children Experience Our Presence? 10. The Power of Atmosphere 11. Children Teach Us Hope and Openness 12. Children are Natural Forgivers