The Ethics of Becoming a Good Teacher: In Conversation with Aristotle and Confucius

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Ying Ma (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada.)

The Ethics of Becoming a Good Teacher

In Conversation with Aristotle and Confucius

Ying Ma (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada.)

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Routledge
13 April 2025

Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Non-Western philosophy; Ethics & moral philosophy; Philosophy & theory of education; Teacher training

Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

This book explores Aristotelian and Confucian wisdom traditions to understand education and what counts as a good teacher in an embodied dialogic approach. The book creates a dialogue between ancient ideas and the author’s lived experiences as a teacher in cross-cultural landscapes today to ruminate on the important themes of educational purpose, teacher excellence, teacher-student relationships, and teaching skill. It asks fundamental educational questions including ""Why Do We Educate? Eudaimonia and Dao""; ""What Do We Educate? Phronesis, Philia and Ren""; and ""How Do We Educate? Techne and Liuyi"". Moving beyond the dominant epistemological concerns such as how to teach more effectively to help students gain better marks in schools, it constitutes an ethical inquiry that illuminates the values, purposes, concerns, and hopes that animate genuinely educational work. Using a comparative approach to wisdom traditions from both the East and the West, it addresses parochialism and challenges Eurocentric research paradigms. Embedded in the messy ground of teaching in intergenerational and cross-cultural narratives, the author’s own experiences as a student/teacher/daughter of a teacher/mother of a student crucially unpacks and concretizes ancient concepts and reactivates them in concrete situations. A sense of a whole without completeness, a conception of the good without closure, and an aspiration without achievement continue to haunt the search for an ultimate answer to the question ""what counts as a good teacher?"". It will appeal to scholars, teachers, and teacher educators with an interest in narrative inquiry and educational research, as well as those in the field of curriculum studies and the philosophy of education.

By: Ying Ma (Kwantlen Polytechnic University Canada.)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 270g
ISBN: 9781032457505
ISBN 10: 1032457503
Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Pages: 138
Publication Date: 13 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Ying Ma is currently an Instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada. She used to be a high school teacher in Beijing, China for seven years prior to pursuing her graduate study at UBC. She has rich cross-cultural teaching and research experience in diverse settings. Her research interest includes teacher education, comparative research, narrative inquiry, teacher identity, philosophy of education, ethics, and curriculum studies.