Humanistic Critique of Education
Teaching and Learning as Symbolic Action
Edited by
Peter M. Smudde
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Humanistic critique of education : teaching and learning as symbolic action / edited by Peter M. Smudde.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60235-157-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-158-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-159-2 (adobe ebook)
1. Education--Philosophy. 2. Education--Aims and objectives. 3. Learning, Psychology of. I. Smudde, Peter M.
LB14.7.H8645 2010
370.1--dc22
2009053934
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Dedicated to Bernard L. Brock (1932–2006)—teacher, scholar, mentor, colleague, friend.
Contents
Introduction: A Prelude to Critique
Peter M. Smudde and Bernard L. Brock
1 Linguistic Approach to Problems of Education
2 Kenneth Burke as Teacher: Pedagogy, Materialism, and Power
3 The Both-And of Undergraduate Education: Burke’s “Linguistic” Approach
Peter M. Smudde
5 Extending Kenneth Burke and Multicultural Education: Being Actively Revised by the Other
Mark E. Huglen and Rachel McCoppin
6 Preaching What We Practice: Course Design Based on the Psychology of Form
7 Motives and Metaphors of Education James F. Klumpp and Erica J. Lamm
8 A Burkeian Approach to Education in a Time of Ecological Crisis
9 “By and Through Language, Beyond Language”: Envisioning a Burkeian Curriculum
10 Educational Trajectories for Open and Democratic Societies: Kenneth Burke’s “Linguistic Approach”
Acknowledgments
This book has been a wonderful exploration of education and Kenneth Burke’s applicability to it. Along the way certain people were especially helpful, and I want to briefly express my appreciation and acknowledge them here.
First is the late Bernie Brock, for whom this book is dedicated. He embraced my idea for this book with his usual enthusiasm and sound counsel to help me get it going. The fact that he also wanted to work with me on writing the brief introduction to frame the book was a special joy. I am sorry he did not get to see the final product, but I believe his spirit is somehow gratified.
Second is a small but mighty group of believers in this project. Foremost among them are the contributors to this volume, for without them this book would not exist. I am grateful to the National Society for the Study of Education in Chicago for granting permission to reprint Kenneth Burke’s
