NextGeners Pedagogical Considerations

• Main Author: Griffith, Bryant
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Rotterdam BRILL 2016; SensePublishers
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Education; Education, general; Teacher-student relationships
• ISBN: 9789463006415; 9463006419; 9463006400; 9789463006408
• DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6300-642-2

NextGeners bring vibrant life experiences, risk taking, and creativity into the classroom. They demand to be included in the 'why' and 'how' of learning. Teachers bring a love of learning, empathy, content and theoretical perspective that serves as a setting for how the classroom...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: WE THINK -- REFLEXION (X MARKS THE SPOT) -- TELLING TALES THROUGH DISTINCTIVE DISCOURSES -- THANKS -- MEDIA LITERACY -- DOES THIS MATTER? (OF COURSE IT DOES!) -- DANGEROUS STUFF THIS, BECAUSE… -- LET ME PLAY WITH THIS -- A CAUTIONARY TALE (SLIPPERY ROAD AHEAD) -- A CURIOUS PERSON -- THEORETICALLY CRITICAL (OR IS IT CRITICALLY THEORETICAL?) -- AN ONGOING REFLEXIVE PROCESS (NO BEGINNING OR END IN SIGHT) -- SOME MOVING PARTS -- IDEAS AS EVENTS AND ACTIONS -- RE-ENACTING THE THOUGHTS OF THOSE ENGAGED IN THE SITUATION -- RAPPROCHEMENTS (DOING THE FUSION THING) -- IT'S A PROCESS -- KNOWING THE SELF (SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT THAT MEANS) -- IDEAS IN HISTORY -- LEVIATHANS (NOT A WHALE OF A TALE) -- A NEW LEVIATHAN -- DECONSTRUCTING CULTURAL LANDSCAPES -- CHAPTER 2: PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS -- DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION REDUX -- EXCHANGING IDEAS THROUGH CONVERSATION -- AN EXCHANGE OF MODEST PROPOSALS -- TEACHING AS A MULTI-ACT PLAY -- TO BE OR NOT TO BE PURPOSEFUL -- RESHAPING TEACHER EDUCATION -- CHAOS THEORY -- THE INTERFACE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION -- CHAOS THEORY AND PLANNING IN TEACHER EDUCATION -- LET'S BLEND WITH COLLINGWOOD AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS -- COLLINGWOODIAN THOUGHT IS IN SYNC -- PARADIGMS -- CHAPTER 3: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO QUESTION? -- IT'S PROBLEMATIC, MY DEAR WATSON -- LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS -- CULTURAL NARRATIVES -- PRESUPPOSITIONS -- TRYING FOR COHERENCY -- TRANSCENDENTAL AND COMPLEX NARRATIVES -- TELLING A STORY -- REFLEXING -- CAUTIONARY TALES -- SHORTCOMINGS -- DOES THIS MATTER? (OF COURSE IT DOES!) -- LET'S EXPLORE THIS FROM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE -- THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP -- CYBERPUNKED -- STATE OF THE ART -- POLYMODAL DISCOURSE -- EVERYDAY LANGUAGE AND WHY THAT'S A SHIFT -- WE ARE TRANSIT -- ONE WAY OR ANOTHER -- TEACHING AND LEARNING: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN
• WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO QUESTION? -- CHAPTER 4: INVITING CHANGE -- MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN: CREATE, LISTEN, EMPOWER, UNLEASH -- THERE ARE MANY POSSIBILITIES. ONE IS MOTIVATING -- A WRITER HAS TO BE MORE THAN A WRITER -- HOW TO REWARD -- ANOTHER POSSIBILITY -- SEEING ART -- THE MINDSET -- FRAMEWORK -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS -- EDUCATION IS THE PROCESS OF LEARNING HOW TO INVENT YOURSELF -- WHAT'S A WOULD-BE CREATIVE THINKER TO DO? -- BORDERS -- LET'S EXCAVATE THIS -- "AS-IFING" -- CHAPTER 5: SCHOOL STORIES -- CHECK THIS OUT -- WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE? -- THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES FROM BEING A CHANGE AGENT -- WISE MATTERS -- CONSIDER THIS CAUTIONARY TALE -- MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR TEACHING AND LEARNING -- MUSIC IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF WHO WE ARE -- CONSTRUCTING RICH POINTS -- TRANSPOSING -- ANOTHER TAKE -- MAVERICKS AND CRITICAL DISCOURSES -- CONTINUALLY IN PROCESS -- HANG ON, I'M SHIFTING GEARS. STAY WITH ME -- TEACHERS AS PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS -- LAST THOUGHTS -- REFERENCES
• Intro -- NextGeners: Pedagogical Considerations -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: We Think -- Reflexion (X Marks the Spot) -- Telling Tales Through Distinctive Discourses -- Thanks -- Media Literacy -- Does This Matter? (Of Course It Does!) -- Dangerous Stuff This, Because… -- Let Me Play with This -- A Cautionary Tale (slippery Road Ahead) -- A Curious Person -- Theoretically Critical (or Is It Critically Theoretical?) -- An Ongoing Reflexive Process (No Beginning or End in Sight) -- Some Moving Parts -- Ideas as Events and Actions -- Re-Enacting the Thoughts of Those Engaged in the Situation -- Rapprochements (doing the Fusion Thing) -- It's a Process -- Knowing The Self (self-knowledge and What That Means) -- Ideas in History -- Leviathans (Not a Whale of a Tale) -- A New Leviathan -- Deconstructing Cultural Landscapes -- Chapter 2: Pedagogical Implications -- Dialogue and Conversation Redux -- Exchanging Ideas Through Conversation -- An Exchange of Modest Proposals -- Teaching as a Multi-act Play -- To Be Or Not to Be Purposeful -- Reshaping Teacher Education -- Chaos Theory -- The Interface of Technology and Education -- Chaos Theory and Planning in Teacher Education -- Let's Blend with Collingwood and See What Happens -- Collingwoodian Thought Is in Sync -- Paradigms -- Chapter 3: What Does It Mean to Question? -- It's Problematic, My Dear Watson -- Let's Be Clear About This -- Cultural Narratives -- Presuppositions -- Trying for Coherency -- Transcendental and Complex Narratives -- Telling a Story -- Reflexing -- Cautionary Tales -- Shortcomings -- Does This Matter? (of Course It Does!) -- Let's Explore This from Another Perspective -- The Art of Friendship -- Cyberpunked -- State of the Art -- Polymodal Discourse -- Everyday Language and Why That's a Shift -- We Are Transit -- One Way or Another
• Teaching and Learning: Two Sides of the Same Coin -- What Does It Mean to Question? -- Chapter 4: Inviting Change -- Make Change Happen: Create, Listen, Empower, Unleash -- There Are Many Possibilities. One Is Motivating -- A Writer Has to Be More Than a Writer -- How to Reward -- Another Possibility -- Seeing Art -- The Mindset -- Framework -- Theoretical Frameworks -- Education Is The Process of Learning How to Invent Yourself -- What's a Would-be Creative Thinker to Do? -- Borders -- Let's Excavate This -- "As-Ifing" -- Chapter 5: School Stories -- Check This Out -- What Needs to Change? -- The Responsibility That Comes From Being a Change Agent -- Wise Matters -- Consider This Cautionary Tale -- Make a Difference in Your Teaching and Learning -- Music Is a Fundamental Part of Who We Are -- Constructing Rich Points -- Transposing -- Another Take -- Mavericks and Critical Discourses -- Continually in Process -- Hang On, I'm Shifting Gears. Stay with Me -- Teachers as Public Intellectuals -- Last Thoughts -- References