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The Vulnerability of Teaching and Learning in a Selfie Society

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Authors:
  1. Douglas J. Loveless

    1. University of Auckland, New Zealand

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  2. Cheryl L. Beverly

    1. James Madison University, USA

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  3. Aaron Bodle

    1. James Madison University, USA

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  4. Katie S. Dredger

    1. James Madison University, USA

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  5. Diane Foucar-Szocki

    1. James Madison University, USA

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  6. Teresa Harris

    1. James Madison University, USA

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  7. Shin Ji Kang

    1. James Madison University, USA

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  8. Jane B. Thall

    1. James Madison University, USA

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  9. Phillip Wishon

    1. James Madison University, USA

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  • This book repositions vulnerability as an inherent trait to humanity that is experienced by all people, offering a path to the sort of interconnectedness essential in democratic societies
  • The authors embed personal narratives, visual art, and poetry in the text to illustrate the vulnerabilities they experience as educators, and to provide an example of the importance for teachers to acknowledge and examine their own vulnerabilities in their profession
  • This book explores the potential of public education, threaded with the vulnerabilities of teachers and students in a complex time, to deconstruct neoliberal master narratives and provide a foundation for a thriving participatory democracy that is generous in its dissensus

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Antagonizing the Mirror

    • Douglas J. Loveless, Cheryl L. Beverly, Aaron Bodle, Katie S. Dredger, Diane Foucar-Szocki, Teresa Harris et al.
    Pages 1-25

  3. Seeing Humanity

    • Douglas J. Loveless, Cheryl L. Beverly, Aaron Bodle, Katie S. Dredger, Diane Foucar-Szocki, Teresa Harris et al.
    Pages 27-49

  4. Case Studies Reinscribing Vulnerability in Education

    • Douglas J. Loveless, Cheryl L. Beverly, Aaron Bodle, Katie S. Dredger, Diane Foucar-Szocki, Teresa Harris et al.
    Pages 51-52

  5. Like The Faces of Janus

    • Jim Burns
    Pages 53-70

  6. Induction

    • Jim Burns, Shin Ji Kang, Teresa Harris
    Pages 71-88

  7. Never Until

    • Katie Dredger
    Pages 89-91

  8. Pema and Me

    • Diane Foucar-Szocki
    Pages 93-102

  9. Burning the Candle at Both Ends

    • Cheri Beverly, Aaron Bodle, Jane Thall
    Pages 103-109

  10. Both Sides Now

    • Cheri Beverly, Diane Foucar-Szocki
    Pages 111-124

  11. What does it Mean to be Human?

    • Cheri Beverly, Phillip Wishon
    Pages 125-127

  12. Conclusion

    • Douglas J. Loveless, Cheryl L. Beverly, Aaron Bodle, Katie S. Dredger, Diane Foucar-Szocki, Teresa Harris et al.
    Pages 129-131

  13. Appendix

    • Cheri Beverly, Phillip Wishon
    Pages 133-142

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 143-145
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"This book explores the generative power of vulnerabilities facing individuals who inhabit educational spaces. We argue that vulnerability can be an asset in developing understandings of others, and in interrogating the self. Explorations of vulnerability offer a path to building empathy and creating engaged generosity within a community of dissensus. This kind of self-examination is essential in a selfie society in which democratic participation often devolves into neoliberal silos of discourse and marginalization of others who look, think, and believe differently. 
By vulnerability we mean the experiences that have the potential to compromise our livelihood, beliefs, values, emotional and mental states, sense of self-worth, and positioning within the Habermasian system/lifeworld as teachers and learners. We can refer to this as microvulnerability—that is, those things humans encounter in daily life that make us aware of the illusion of control. The selfie becomesan analogy for the posturing of a particular self that reinforces how one hopes to be understood by others. 
What are the vulnerabilities teachers and learners face? And how can we joker, as Norris calls it, the various vulnerabilities that we inherently bring into teaching and learning spaces? In light of the divisive discourses around the politics of Ferguson, Charlie Hebdo, ISIS, Ebola, Surveillance, and Immigration; vulnerability offers an entry way into exhuming the humanity necessary for a participatory democracy that is often hijacked by a selfie mentality."





Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Auckland, New Zealand

    Douglas J. Loveless

  • James Madison University, USA

    Cheryl L. Beverly, Aaron Bodle, Katie S. Dredger, Diane Foucar-Szocki, Teresa Harris, Shin Ji Kang, Jane B. Thall, Phillip Wishon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Vulnerability of Teaching and Learning in a Selfie Society

  • Authors: Douglas J. Loveless, Cheryl L. Beverly, Aaron Bodle, Katie S. Dredger, Diane Foucar-Szocki, Teresa Harris, Shin Ji Kang, Jane B. Thall, … Phillip Wishon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-812-9

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-812-9Published: 25 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 146

  • Topics: Education, general

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering, Pharma

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