Notice of Seminar – Exposed in Time: realism and judgement in the education of teachers

Philosophy of Education Society, Oxford Branch Meeting
Educational Purposes, Ethics and Beliefs Research Group, School of Education, Oxford Brookes University
Tuesday 28th May, 5pm – 6.30 pm
Board Room B1/10, Harcourt Hill Campus OX2 9AT
Exposed in Time: realism and judgement in the education of teachers
Professor Paul Standish (Institute of Education)
The purpose of this discussion is to examine ways in which aspects of the experience of teaching, particularly for the novice teacher, tend not to be adequately acknowledged. This is the case both in initial teacher education and in the ongoing experience of teachers in schools and other institutions. Put simply, the nub of this experience is that the teacher in the classroom is exposed – exposed to the class in circumstances that are dynamic and in part unpredictable, and exposed in relation to what is taught. Realism demands that we take this more seriously, and doing so, it turns out, enables us to see better the importance of the exercise of judgement. This is relevant not only to interaction with students but also to the nature of what is studied – that is, to the curriculum itself.

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