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David Hansen and The Call to Teach

Renewing the Work That Teachers Do

Edited by: Darryl M. De Marzio

Afterword by: David T. Hansen

Publication Date: December 11, 2020

Pages: 160

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Description+

The Call to Teach has been used in teacher education and educational research courses the world over. This volume celebrates that landmark text and examines the far-reaching impact of David Hansen’s teaching and scholarship. Essays by international educators and scholars explore his influence on our understanding of a whole host of important themes, including the moral dimensions of teaching, educational research, teacher education, and the philosophy of education. Contributing authors from eight countries consider the influence of Hansen’s ideas from the vantage point of our contemporary educational scene, and from their own unique cultural perspectives. David Hansen and The Call to Teach continues the conversation about the meaning of teaching through the concept of vocation as initiated by Hansen in The Call to Teach and examines its potential to renew the practice of teaching within today’s educational landscape.

Book Features:

  • The first book to consider the wide-ranging influence of David Hansen’s scholarship.
  • An international perspective with authors from the United States, China, The United Kingdom, India, Spain, Ireland, Canada, and Norway.
  • A collective effort to retrieve and renew the language of vocation in teaching for the purpose of teacher renewal.
  • An afterword by David T. Hansen.

Author+

Darryl M. De Marzio is professor of foundations of education at the University of Scranton.

Reviews+

“A highly recommended and rewarding read both for those who are already working as teachers and for those who are training to do so; and, without a doubt, for the uni­versity lecturers and professors who are entrusted with their academic and profes­sional training.”

—Revista Española de Pedagogia

“David T. Hansen’s The Call to Teach is a modern educational classic. Coming from eight different nations, the contributors to De Marzio’s exquisitely edited David Hansen and the Call to Teach bring the passion, poetry, and piety found in the original text to a new generation of readers in a global context. The call to teach is truly universal.”
—Jim Garrison, professor, Foundations of Education program, Virginia Tech

“David Hansen and The Call to Teach, edited by Darryl De Marzio, is a remarkable homage to a brilliant career by this esteemed philosopher, erudite scholar, and reflective pedagogue. The varied responses illuminate Hansen’s rumination on the everyday dimensions of a teaching life, and are deep, evocative, and compelling. They move easily from the immediate to the transcendent, from the quotidian to the profound. Read it, you will be better for it.”
—William Gaudelli, dean and professor, Lehigh University

“I fell back in love with David Hansen’s The Call to Teach—as a teacher, philosopher, and teacher educator. The essays Darryl De Marzio has curated offer inspiration and revitalization to those who care deeply about the intellectual, aesthetic, moral, and emotional richness of teaching and who find meaning, joy, and their selves in this work, even in the midst of difficult times.”
—Doris A. Santoro, professor, Bowdoin College

“David Hansen and the Call to Teach serves as a much-needed guidepost to assist teachers and teacher-educators as we question the educational landscape and consider our way forward during these challenging times. The insightful essays in this book offer diverse perspectives on Hansen’s legacy, expand the conversation beyond his original work, and rejuvenate the notion of teaching as a vocation.”
—Laura A. DeSisto, senior lecturer, Johns Hopkins University

Contents+

Contents (Tentative)

Acknowledgments  ix

1.   The Language of Vocation and the Prospect for Teacher Renewal: An Introductory Essay  1
Darryl M. De Marzio

2.   Evolving Enactments of Personal Fulfillment and Service in Teaching  13
Shelley Sherman

3.   Rising to the Needs of Pedagogical Situations: Method’s Responsive Sensibilities and Responsibilities  27
Margaret Macintyre Latta, with Elizabeth Saville, Lisa Marques,
and Katie Wihak

4.   The Art of Living, or the Aesthetic Dimension of Teaching  40
Hansjörg Hohr

5.   Education as the Art of Living: David Hansen’s Work and Its Relevance to China’s Education Reform  52
Huajun Zhang

6.   Dewey, Hansen, and the Moral Heart of Teaching  63
Ruth Heilbronn

7.   Tradition, Teaching, and the Play of Influence  76
Pádraig Hogan

8.   Teaching: A Moral Adventure  90
Catie Bell

9.   Philosophy of the Voice in The Call to Teach  103
Anna Pagès

10.   Rabindranath Tagore and the Question of the Teacher’s Vocation  119
Indrani Bhattacharjee

11.  Sharing Sebold (and So Much More)  135
Caroline Heller

Afterword  142
David T. Hansen

About the Contributors  146

Index  149

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