Pedagogical Tact by Max van Manen - 9781629582740

Taylor & Francis

Pedagogical TactKnowing What to Do When You Dont Know What to Do\nAuthor(s): Max van Manen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Left Coast Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Left Coast Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9781629582740, 978-1629582740\nSynopsis\nPedagogical Tact describes how teacher-student relations possess an improvisational and ethical character. The daily realities of educators, parents, and childcare specialists are pedagogically conditioned by sensitive insights, active thoughtfulness, and the creative ability to act caringly and appropriately in the immediacy of the moment. Internationally known educator Max van Manen shows through recognizable examples and evocative stories how good teaching is driven by the phenomenology of pedagogy. His book-refocuses educators and others away from an emphasis on instrumental skills and technocratic programs toward the need for pedagogical tact;-describes how pedagogical actions have latent effects that will influence children throughout their li.