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Drawing on the work of philosophers Michael Polyani, Michael Oakeshott, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, author Kitchen argues for the absolute authority of the teacher, especially in today’s knowledge-driven education. In the first part of the book, he offers a definition of authority in education and discusses its implications for learning, then provides sociological, philosophical, and theoretical background on authority in education. In Part 2 of the book, Kitchen surveys the views of the three philosophers and draws conclusion on the need for authority in knowledge, teaching, learning, and education in general. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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Authority and the Teacher seeks to overturn the notion that authority is a restrictive force within education, serving only to stifle creativity and drown out the voice of the student. William H. Kitchen argues that any education must have, as one of its cornerstones, a component which encourages the fullest development of knowledge, which serves as the great educational emancipator. In this version of knowledge-driven education, the teacher's authority should be absolute, so as to ensure that the teacher has the scope to liberate their pupils. The pupil, in the avoidance of ignorance, can thus embrace what is rightfully theirs; the inheritance of intellectual riches passed down through time. By invoking the work of three major philosophers – Polanyi, Oakeshott and Wittgenstein – as well as contributions from other key thinkers on authority, this book underpins previous claims for the need for authority in education with the philosophical clout necessary to ensure these arguments permeate modern mainstream educational thinking.
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