2015
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9752.12145
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Teachers and the Academic Disciplines

Abstract: Alasdair MacIntyre's argument, that teaching is not a social practice, has been extensively criticised, and indeed teaching is normally understood more generally to be a form of generic activity that is a practice in its own right. His associated proposition, that teachers are practitioners of the discipline they teach, has, however, received considerably less attention. MacIntyre himself recognised that for teachers to be understood as being part of the discipline they teach, a broader definition of what is m… Show more

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“…The extant policy in Bihar of geography being taught by teachers who lack a disciplinary background is embedded in a sort of settlement where teachers -it is assumed and practised -only require a generic set of skills in pedagogy and not skills embedded in particular disciplines. This settlement is in contrast to Fordham (2016), who argues for recognising the relationship between teachers and their discipline, because teaching is not simply another type of generic activity. It also helps explain why the 'safety net' of the sort Alexandre (2016) refers to, where teachers provide consistency against a backdrop of changing educational policies and socioeconomic realities because they have 'shared beliefs and representations about the meaning and purpose of geography' (p. 167) has no visible counterpart in the schools we studied.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…The extant policy in Bihar of geography being taught by teachers who lack a disciplinary background is embedded in a sort of settlement where teachers -it is assumed and practised -only require a generic set of skills in pedagogy and not skills embedded in particular disciplines. This settlement is in contrast to Fordham (2016), who argues for recognising the relationship between teachers and their discipline, because teaching is not simply another type of generic activity. It also helps explain why the 'safety net' of the sort Alexandre (2016) refers to, where teachers provide consistency against a backdrop of changing educational policies and socioeconomic realities because they have 'shared beliefs and representations about the meaning and purpose of geography' (p. 167) has no visible counterpart in the schools we studied.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…I vår tolkning kan skolan som institution förstås som en mesonivå, där disciplinernas kunskapsdisciplinerande logik blir verksam i ett annat sammanhang än i det vetenskapliga arbetet. Denna fråga har hanterats av Fordham (2016), som vill göra gällande att ämneslärares arbete med sina respektive skolämnen, är en del av de vetenskapliga disciplinernas praktik. Läraren blir länken som genom sitt sätt att resonera och praktisera kunnande, och därigenom gestalta ämnets syfte och ändamål, inlemmar eleverna i ett disciplinerat tänkande.…”
Section: Teoretiska Utgångspunkter Och Analysmodellunclassified
“…Krishnan"a (2009) göre disiplinlerin kurumsal bir kimlik (üniversitelerde öğretim, ilgili akademik departmanlar, profesyonel kuruluşlar) kazanmış olmaları da gerekmektedir. Fordham (2016) ise, bir disiplinin öncelikli olarak belirli bir çalışma amacı ile ilgilenmesi ve bu disiplinin herhangi bir noktada kendi çalışma alanının bugünkü doruk noktasını temsil etmesi (güncel olabilmesi) gerektiğini vurgulamıştır. Daha sonra, bir disiplinin bunu araştırmak istediği ve üzerinde durmaya çalıştığı bir takım soru ile sağlayabileceği diğer bir deyişle araştırma sorularının gerekliliği ifade edilmektedir (Fordham, 2016).…”
Section: Tablo 1: Akademik Disiplin Olma öLçütleriunclassified
“…Bunun, iyi bir hayal gücünün yanı sıra sorgulayıcı bir zihni, mevcut teorideki tutarsızlıkları ve boşlukları görebilmeyi gerektirdiği ve genellikle belirli bir problem için araştırma sorusu üretmenin yararlı olabileceği vurgulanmaktadır (Hegarty, 2009). Öte yandan disiplinin bu soruları cevaplayabilmesi için bir takım kurallar, yöntemler veya yaklaşımlara sahip olması gerektiği de ifade edilmektedir (Fordham, 2016). Biglan (1973), akademik bir disiplini değerlendirirken akademisyenler tarafından kullanılacak iki temel boyutu öne çıkarmaktadır.…”
Section: Tablo 1: Akademik Disiplin Olma öLçütleriunclassified
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