The Creative Self (Foundations and Futures of Education) - Softcover

Book 22 of 27: Foundations and Futures of Education

Bibby, Tamara

 
9780415716802: The Creative Self (Foundations and Futures of Education)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415716802 ISBN 13: 9780415716802
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

The Creative Self engages with the work of the psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott to develop alternative ways of thinking about key issues at the heart of pedagogy; specifically pedagogic relationships, creativity, defiance and compliance. These issues underpin the desires and defences of professionals located in educational institutions, such as the desire to know what is best, to know how to reach all learners, normalised expectations of behaviours and outcomes, and sometimes challenging engagements with students and the curriculum.

Each chapter provides both a theoretical focus and illustrative demonstrations of the ways in which Winnicott’s theories may be relocated and used productively as tools for professional and academic reflexivity. By building extensively on Winnicott’s understanding of the ways in which relationships facilitate (or hinder) the development of the self, this book extends his clinical focus on parental and analytical relationships to think about the ways in which the pedagogic relationship can provide an environment in which people may (or may fail to) develop as learners.

This approach provides powerful ways of thinking about pedagogy and pedagogic relationships that stand apart from the cognitive and rationalist tradition. This focus can be used constructively to support people working in educational settings to re-establish a sense of personal and professional autonomy in an environment recently typified by compliance. The Creative Self is an engaging and innovative read appealing to postgraduate students, teachers, researchers and academics with a desire for a new analytic lens through which to explore the educational experiences of both learners and teachers in schools, colleges and universities.

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About the Author

Tamara Bibby is an independent researcher and writer, previously at University College London, Institute of Education, UK.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415716802
ISBN 13 
9780415716802
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
180

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