Impassioned Teaching

Autor/in	Caughie, Pamela L.
Titel	Impassioned Teaching
Quelle	In: Academe, 93 (2007) 4, S.54-55 (2 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2946
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Political Attitudes; Scholarship; Academic Freedom; Higher Education; Feminism; Advocacy; College Instruction; College Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Scholarships; Stipendium; Akademische Freiheit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Feminismus; Sozialanwaltschaft; Hochschullehre; Fakultät
Abstract	The ongoing debate over academic freedom in venues such as "Academe," the "Chronicle of Higher Education," and the "New York Times" frames the issue in terms of a clash between values and politics on the one hand, and scholarship on the other. The idea that pedagogical responsibility requires toeing a line misrepresents the delicate dynamics of intellectual inquiry. As in most arguments structured by binary oppositions, such as debates over condoning torture versus coddling terrorists, sometimes responsibility, whether pedagogical or political, requires more than making a choice between two alternatives. Drawing the line between teaching and indoctrination, genuine inquiry and partisan politics, is never a simple or transparent act. To set it up as such a clear-cut choice, as if teachers all should know when that line has been crossed, is not just misleading but potentially dangerous. History shows that much of what passes for scholarship is a form of indoctrination. Part of the problem of trying to draw a line between scholarship and politics is that teaching is not just about content and methodology; it is also about people. Advocating balance is an implicit recognition of, and a panicked response to, the power of impassioned teaching. While the idea of balancing viewpoints is a threat to academic freedom, so is any effort to draw a line between advocacy and teaching. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of University Professors. 1012 Fourteenth Street NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 800-424-2973; Tel: 202-737-5900; Fax: 202-737-5526; e-mail: academe@aaup.org; Web site: http://www.aaup.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10