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OverviewThe idea of education as therapy goes back to ancient times. Today, it is understood that the role of the teacher comprises aspects of therapy directed towards the child. But to what extent should this relationship be developed, and what are its concomitant responsibilities? This book offers a challenging philosophical approach to these issues. Full Product DetailsAuthor: P. Standish , P. Smeyers , R. SmithPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9780230247093ISBN 10: 0230247091 Pages: 260 Publication Date: 06 December 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Aims of Therapy and the Aims of Education PART I: THE KINDLY APOCALYPSE Self-Esteem Learning to Change Building the Team: Showing not Saying PART II: COMING TO TERMS Learning Room Eliminating Risk Development and the Revival of the Self PART III: REDEEMING PHILOSOPHY Ordinary Lives: Enlarging the Enigma Work for the Psyche Narrative and Numbers: What Really CountsReviews'At a time when it seems that everyone, at whatever level of society, has fallen behind the banner of Business, blindly caught up in its ruthless and deadening rationality, it is such a relief to find writers so able to resist the trend. They remind us of a humane culture we seem to have forgotten, and their intelligent and illuminating understanding of the relations between education and 'therapy' sweeps away many of the absurdities that have over the past two or three decades invaded both.' David Smail former Special Professor in Clinical Psychology at the University of Nottingham, and author of Illusion and Reality: the Meaning of Anxiety and Taking Care: an Alternative to Therapy. 'At a time when it seems that everyone, at whatever level of society, has fallen behind the banner of Business, blindly caught up in its ruthless and deadening rationality, it is such a relief to find writers so able to resist the trend. They remind us of a humane culture we seem to have forgotten, and their intelligent and illuminating understanding of the relations between education and 'therapy' sweeps away many of the absurdities that have over the past two or three decades invaded both.' -- David Smail former Special Professor in Clinical Psychology at the University of Nottingham, and author of Illusion and Reality: the Meaning of Anxiety and Taking Care: an Alternative to Therapy. Author InformationPAUL STANDISH is Professor of Educational Studies, University of Sheffield, UK. PAUL SMEYERS is Professor of Education at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. RICHARD SMITH is Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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