Abstract
Using Stanley Fish’s book “Is There a Text in This Class?” and reader response theory as a touchstone, this paper examines what it means to be a teacher today. In particular, it explores how the growing emphases on AI, technology, best practice frameworks, and testing on the one hand, and the diversity, inclusion, and equity of the learner on the other, have created an ethos of mechanized individuation that has changed the roles of teachers and redefined what it means to teach. It then considers Park Palmer’s argument about the “I” and “Self” who teaches in relation to such. Finally, it ponders if the real presence of a self who teaches is a romantic fantasy or an obtainable reality that can provide hope and meaning for the hearts of teachers, if not education itself.
Presenters
Kelly Van AndelLecturer, Religious Studies, University of New Mexico, New Mexico, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Educational Organization and Leadership
KEYWORDS
Teaching Profession, Teacher's Work and Roles
