Dewey and Eros Wisdom and Desire in the Art of Teaching (PB)

"We become what we love," states Jim Garrison in Dewey and Eros:Wisdom and Desire in the Art of Teaching. This provocative bookrepresents a major new interpretation of Dewey's education philosophy.It is also an examination of what motivates us to teachand to learn, and begins with the idea of education of eros (i.e.,passionate desire)-"the supreme aim of education" as the authorputs it-and how that desire results in a practical philosophythat guides us in recognizing what is essentially good or valuable.Garrison weaves these threads of ancient wisdom into a criticalanalysis of John Dewey's writings that reveal an implicit theory oferos in reasoning, and the central importance of educating eros toseek "the Good."Chapters: Plato's Symposium: Eros, the Beautiful, and the Good ¿Care, Sympathy, and Community in Classroom Teaching: FeministRefl ections on the Expansive Self ¿ Play-Doh, Poetry, and "EtherealThings" ¿ The Aesthetic Context of Inquiry and the Teachable Moment ¿The Education of Eros: Critical and Creative Value Appraisal ¿ Teachingand the Logic of Moral PerceptionThis book can be used in graduate courses in foundations, teachereducation, philosophy of education, qualitative research, arts andeducation, language and literacy, and women and education.Jim Garrison is Professor of Philosophy of Education at VirginiaTech in Blacksburg, VA.