Meaning in Life and the Vocation of Teaching

What can one person teach another about living meaningfully? Recent discussions about the relationship between education and finding meaning in life have tended to focus on institutional and curricular matters and, as a consequence, have sidelined the importance of the vocation of teaching. Drawing...

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Published inStudies in philosophy and education Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 541 - 558
Main Author Scripter, Lucas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2023
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Career Choice
Education
Educational Experience
Educational materials
Educational Philosophy
Existentialism
Life Satisfaction
Love
Meaning
Occupations
Philosophy of Education
Role of Education
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching (Occupation)
Meaning in life
Analytic existentialism
Love
Vocation
Teaching
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ISSN0039-3746
1573-191X
DOI10.1007/s11217-023-09889-1

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Summary:What can one person teach another about living meaningfully? Recent discussions about the relationship between education and finding meaning in life have tended to focus on institutional and curricular matters and, as a consequence, have sidelined the importance of the vocation of teaching. Drawing on Raimond Gaita’s philosophy of education, I suggest that his view of the love of a subject embodied in and demonstrated by teachers illuminates both the nature of leading a meaningful life as well as an important role that education might play in helping students to live meaningfully. I argue that a significant way for teachers to aid students in leading meaningful lives is to show them what it is to love a subject or field of inquiry.
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ISSN:0039-3746
1573-191X
DOI:10.1007/s11217-023-09889-1