The Schizophrenia of Contemporary Education and the Moral Work of Teaching

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Notes

Notes

1 Stocker is of course speaking quite loosely when using the term schizophrenia, as some sort of psychological bifurcation or split, and I follow that loose use of the term, and do not intend to make any claims about the actual psychological condition, or about the people who have it. The term has been applied to teaching by Lieberman (1982) and Ball (2003).

2 On this view, one might be said to have reasons for acting (according to an ethical theory) which may or may not actually motivate actions. For more on this and related distinctions, see Darwall (1997).

3 I use the basic term ideology advisedly, despite its many definitions, all of which have been shown to have limitations of some sort (see Eagleton, 1991). As used here, it is intended to mean a set of ideas, discourses, and practices guiding a significant social domain, seeking their own legitimation, even at the expense of other legitimate and relevant claims (based on value and/or empirical evidence).