David T. Hansen is professor and director of the Program in Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. His books include Ethical Visions of Education: Philosophies in Practice and A Life in Classrooms: Philip W. Jackson and the Practice of Education.

“Hansen hopes that moving away from current models will accelerate a desire to foster society’s well-being, educating students for lives of meaning and purpose. … A very important book for the present.”—CHOICE

• Contents (Tentative)AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Contours of the Call to TeachThe Shape and Form of VocationPurpose, Function, and Tradition in TeachingA Brief Look Back2. The Call to Teach and the Practice of TeachingOrigins of the Inquiry into the Call to TeachPassion Revisited and Truth in TeachingTeaching is ‘Being With’Questioning and Reflection in Service of Being With3. Philosophy, Theory and Wisdom in TeachingThe Teacher’s Relation with TheoryPhilosophy and Wisdom in TeachingThe Metaphorical and Poetic Language of VocationThe Person ProjectConcluding Note4. Bearing Witness to Teaching and TeachersPerception and Bearing WitnessPurpose and Trajectory in WitnessingFrom Resonant Particulars to Dignity in TeachingHaving a Witness in Your Classroom: Earl’s TestimonyA Note of Anticipation5. Teachers’ Testimonials and the Call to TeachOn the Sense of VocationAttunement and Being WithChallenges to the Practice’s VitalityThe Person in EducationAfterthought: Passion and Tradition in Teaching6. The Call to the Ethical Practice of TeachingDimensions of the Ethical Practice of TeachingThe Call to Teach and Teacher EducationBearing Witness in Teacher Education and Teacher AssessmentPostludeNotesReferencesIndexAbout the Author

David T. Hansen is professor and director of the Program in Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. His books include Ethical Visions of Education: Philosophies in Practice and A Life in Classrooms: Philip W. Jackson and the Practice of Education.

“Hansen hopes that moving away from current models will accelerate a desire to foster society’s well-being, educating students for lives of meaning and purpose. … A very important book for the present.”—CHOICE

• Contents (Tentative)AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Contours of the Call to TeachThe Shape and Form of VocationPurpose, Function, and Tradition in TeachingA Brief Look Back2. The Call to Teach and the Practice of TeachingOrigins of the Inquiry into the Call to TeachPassion Revisited and Truth in TeachingTeaching is ‘Being With’Questioning and Reflection in Service of Being With3. Philosophy, Theory and Wisdom in TeachingThe Teacher’s Relation with TheoryPhilosophy and Wisdom in TeachingThe Metaphorical and Poetic Language of VocationThe Person ProjectConcluding Note4. Bearing Witness to Teaching and TeachersPerception and Bearing WitnessPurpose and Trajectory in WitnessingFrom Resonant Particulars to Dignity in TeachingHaving a Witness in Your Classroom: Earl’s TestimonyA Note of Anticipation5. Teachers’ Testimonials and the Call to TeachOn the Sense of VocationAttunement and Being WithChallenges to the Practice’s VitalityThe Person in EducationAfterthought: Passion and Tradition in Teaching6. The Call to the Ethical Practice of TeachingDimensions of the Ethical Practice of TeachingThe Call to Teach and Teacher EducationBearing Witness in Teacher Education and Teacher AssessmentPostludeNotesReferencesIndexAbout the Author

David T. Hansen is professor and director of the Program in Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. His books include Ethical Visions of Education: Philosophies in Practice and A Life in Classrooms: Philip W. Jackson and the Practice of Education.

“Hansen hopes that moving away from current models will accelerate a desire to foster society’s well-being, educating students for lives of meaning and purpose. … A very important book for the present.”—CHOICE

• Contents (Tentative)AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Contours of the Call to TeachThe Shape and Form of VocationPurpose, Function, and Tradition in TeachingA Brief Look Back2. The Call to Teach and the Practice of TeachingOrigins of the Inquiry into the Call to TeachPassion Revisited and Truth in TeachingTeaching is ‘Being With’Questioning and Reflection in Service of Being With3. Philosophy, Theory and Wisdom in TeachingThe Teacher’s Relation with TheoryPhilosophy and Wisdom in TeachingThe Metaphorical and Poetic Language of VocationThe Person ProjectConcluding Note4. Bearing Witness to Teaching and TeachersPerception and Bearing WitnessPurpose and Trajectory in WitnessingFrom Resonant Particulars to Dignity in TeachingHaving a Witness in Your Classroom: Earl’s TestimonyA Note of Anticipation5. Teachers’ Testimonials and the Call to TeachOn the Sense of VocationAttunement and Being WithChallenges to the Practice’s VitalityThe Person in EducationAfterthought: Passion and Tradition in Teaching6. The Call to the Ethical Practice of TeachingDimensions of the Ethical Practice of TeachingThe Call to Teach and Teacher EducationBearing Witness in Teacher Education and Teacher AssessmentPostludeNotesReferencesIndexAbout the Author