A Heart of Wisdom : Life Writing as Empathetic Inquiry

Cynthia Chambers

ISBN 10: 1433115301 / ISBN 13: 9781433115301

Published by Peter Lang, 2012

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This anthology explores life writing as a mode of educational inquiry, one where students and teachers may get a 'heart of wisdom' as they struggle with the tensions and complexities of learning and teaching in challenging contemporary circumstances. Contributors write first-person creative non-fiction in a variety of life-writing genres, such as memoir, poetry, personal essay, and various blended genres. Four sections entitled Memory Work, Place Work, Curriculum Work, and Social Work explore the struggles and joys of pedagogy where relationships are at the heart of teaching and learning. The essays address questions such as: What critical moments in learning and teaching change lives What stories need to be told What questions ache to be asked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Heart of Wisdom : Life Writing as Empathetic Inquiry
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433115301
• ISBN 13: 9781433115301
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 150H x 26D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 710 grams

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Synopsis

This anthology explores life writing as a mode of educational inquiry, one where students and teachers may get a «heart of wisdom» as they struggle with the tensions and complexities of learning and teaching in challenging contemporary circumstances. Contributors write first-person creative non-fiction in a variety of life-writing genres, such as memoir, poetry, personal essay, and various blended genres. Four sections entitled Memory Work, Place Work, Curriculum Work, and Social Work explore the struggles and joys of pedagogy where relationships are at the heart of teaching and learning. The essays address questions such as: What critical moments in learning and teaching change lives? What stories need to be told? What questions ache to be asked?

About the Author

Cynthia Chambers is a professor in the Faculty of Education at The University of Lethbridge where she teaches and researches in language and literacy and curriculum studies. As well as research on life writing, she works collaboratively with indigenous communities on literacies of place, human relations and the material world.