Speaking of Teaching: Lessons from History

by Gabriel Moran

Book Overview

Speaking of Teaching: Lessons from History focuses on teaching as a fundamental act of all human beings, viewing the question of teaching through the lens of five famous thinkers and two contemporary problems. Moran argues that teaching is not given the attention that it deserves and proposes to situate school teaching in the context of many forms of teaching. Tracing the history of the idea of teaching from Socrates to Wittgenstein in the first several...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073912840X
• ISBN13: 9780739128404
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"