Authority, Passion, and Subject-Centered Teaching

Auteur

Christopher J. Richmann is Assistant Director for Teaching and Learning at the Academy for Teaching and Learning, Baylor University, USA.

Texte du rabat

This book asserts that authority is a contested category and explores why traditional notions of authority are increasingly in tension with progressive and postmodern claims, devolving into stalemate, schizophrenia, or power plays.

Contenu

Introduction: Do You Have an Authority Problem? 1. The Locus of Authority in Teaching and Learning 2. Theorizing Subject-Centered Teaching: A Christian View of Authority and Passion 3. Show Your Wounds: Display of Scholarly Passion as Subject-Centered Teaching 4. Call Disciples: Facilitating Students' Encounter with the Subject 5. Coda: An Invitation on Virtue in Knowing