The Joy Principle: A Novel

Arts-Based Literacies in Education
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42694-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: Critical New Literacies: The Praxis of English Language Teaching and Learning

The Joy Principle is a fictionalised novel about teachers and teaching in neoliberal times. It addresses the themes of teacher agency within a context of critical and creative praxis. The story centres on Alex, a graduate teacher who decides to disrupt the mandated pedagogical practices of literacy education. As an agent of transformative change, Alex provides an examination of how children learn best and how teachers can re-author themselves in their work within the constraints of contemporary practice. The novel is accompanied by a commentary on arts-based, narrative fiction as research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pelosi, Ligia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue

1 Running

2 Fanfare and Disquiet

3 Rules of Engagement

4 Grounded in Reality

5 Dreams and Imaginings

6 Why Teach?

7 Different Worlds

8 A Time Old Recipe

9 What Is Precious

10 Joy at the Centre

11 Giving Joy Oxygen

12 Jumping through Hoops, Ticking Boxes

13 The Calling

14 Secret Teachers’ Business

15 A Genuine Contribution

16 Searching

17 Daring to Imagine a Different Landscape

18 The Ordinariness of Creativity

19 How to Be a Good Teacher

20 Walk This Way

21 So Many Choices, So Little Space

22 Where the Playing Field Is Level

23 Freedom and Control

24 Star Dust

25 A Different Life

26 The Perils of Teaching

27 When the Universe Shifts

28 Death

29 Pay It Forward

30 Banishment

31 Turning the Tide

32 Step by Step

33 New Horizons

Addendum: Writing a Novel: How Is It Research?

Appendix: How to ‘Do’ Creativity in the Classroom

References

Über Autor(innen)

Ligia Pelosi, Ph.D. (2017), Victoria University, works in teacher education in Melbourne. Ligia’s research interests and published works centre on narrative methods in qualitative inquiry.