Alexander M. Sidorkin – författare

Drawing on the works of Martin Buber and Mikhail Bakhtin, the author explores the roles that dialogue, laughter, and spontaneity play in the education of the whole person.Using Mikhail Bakhtin's concepts of dialogue and carnival, and in connection with the ideas of Martin Buber, Sidorkin explores the issues of difference and identity in a very postmodern view of the self. He addresses the questions of what it really means to be human, and, likewise, what truly makes a good school.He takes dialogue beyond the framework of discourse, making it an end in itself rather than a means toward better education. His sojourn into a fifth-grade classroom shows that basic forms of classroom talk, which are normally thought to be distracting or educationally useless, are proved to be valuable dialogical moments of discovery in schooling.

Drawing on the works of Martin Buber and Mikhail Bakhtin, the author explores the roles that dialogue, laughter, and spontaneity play in the education of the whole person.Using Mikhail Bakhtin's concepts of dialogue and carnival, and in connection with the ideas of Martin Buber, Sidorkin explores the issues of difference and identity in a very postmodern view of the self. He addresses the questions of what it really means to be human, and, likewise, what truly makes a good school.He takes dialogue beyond the framework of discourse, making it an end in itself rather than a means toward better education. His sojourn into a fifth-grade classroom shows that basic forms of classroom talk, which are normally thought to be distracting or educationally useless, are proved to be valuable dialogical moments of discovery in schooling.

This book defines and galvanizes a new approach to education through refocusing it on human relations. Following on the heels of lackluster accountability- and choice-based reforms, this approach suggests that meaningful educational change depends on recognition that relations between students and teachers and among students are critically important. Stakeholders must create intentional policies and practices that allow the relational side of education to flourish. Focusing on the PK-12 educational system, Pedagogy of Relation provides support for the claim that relations are the basis for successful learning—that education is a profoundly social activity—and to push educational reform in a new direction.

This book defines and galvanizes a new approach to education through refocusing it on human relations. Following on the heels of lackluster accountability- and choice-based reforms, this approach suggests that meaningful educational change depends on recognition that relations between students and teachers and among students are critically important. Stakeholders must create intentional policies and practices that allow the relational side of education to flourish. Focusing on the PK-12 educational system, Pedagogy of Relation provides support for the claim that relations are the basis for successful learning—that education is a profoundly social activity—and to push educational reform in a new direction.

This book explores the integration of AI-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT into higher education for instructional and communication purposes. The author emphasizes the responsibility of higher education institutions to equip students with advanced skills for writing with AI assistance, and prepare them for an increasingly AI-driven world.Offering numerous practical tips, the book demonstrates how universities can increase student success, and stem the rising cost of higher education by employing AI tools. The chapters discuss streamlining tasks such as grading, providing feedback, and handling administrative duties, to show how educators can be enabled to focus on more meaningful aspects of their work. The author also reflects on the philosophical and ethical considerations and potential pitfalls of relying on AI in higher education, including concerns about academic integrity and the importance of human input in the learning process. The author offers a responsible and informed approach to incorporating the new powerful tools into the academic landscape.This volume will be a key resource for higher education faculty and administrators seeking to navigate the complex intersection of AI and writing.

This book explores the integration of AI-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT into higher education for instructional and communication purposes. The author emphasizes the responsibility of higher education institutions to equip students with advanced skills for writing with AI assistance, and prepare them for an increasingly AI-driven world.Offering numerous practical tips, the book demonstrates how universities can increase student success, and stem the rising cost of higher education by employing AI tools. The chapters discuss streamlining tasks such as grading, providing feedback, and handling administrative duties, to show how educators can be enabled to focus on more meaningful aspects of their work. The author also reflects on the philosophical and ethical considerations and potential pitfalls of relying on AI in higher education, including concerns about academic integrity and the importance of human input in the learning process. The author offers a responsible and informed approach to incorporating the new powerful tools into the academic landscape.This volume will be a key resource for higher education faculty and administrators seeking to navigate the complex intersection of AI and writing.

The Routledge International Handbook of Relational Pedagogy provides a vision that foregrounds dialogic, nurturing, inclusive relationships underpinning children and students' wellbeing and growth, offering an alternative educational vision to the neoliberal discourse dominant in education worldwide.With eminent contributors from across the globe, it provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art of theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and practice-based tensions and debates in the field. Its insights range across the educational continuum from early childhood education and care to elementary, secondary, and higher-level education in formal and informal settings. The Handbook uniquely explores and maps the terrain of pedagogical relations with theoretical, philosophical, empirical, and practical perspectives across 42 articles presented in four parts: Foundations: Philosophical and Theoretical Architectures; Contexts of Relationality from Early Childhood to Higher Education; Leadership and Organisational Transformation; and Inclusion, Justice and Cultural Responsiveness. It provides space for ‘the not yet seen’ and serves as a valuable bridge between the practical needs of educational institutions and the theories provided by research.This Handbook will be of interest to scholars in education, teachers, undergraduate and advanced students in teacher education, academic researchers, and educational leaders seeking to understand relational pedagogy as a key response to global challenges in education.

The Routledge International Handbook of Relational Pedagogy provides a vision that foregrounds dialogic, nurturing, inclusive relationships underpinning children and students' wellbeing and growth, offering an alternative educational vision to the neoliberal discourse dominant in education worldwide.With eminent contributors from across the globe, it provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art of theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and practice-based tensions and debates in the field. Its insights range across the educational continuum from early childhood education and care to elementary, secondary, and higher-level education in formal and informal settings. The Handbook uniquely explores and maps the terrain of pedagogical relations with theoretical, philosophical, empirical, and practical perspectives across 42 articles presented in four parts: Foundations: Philosophical and Theoretical Architectures; Contexts of Relationality from Early Childhood to Higher Education; Leadership and Organisational Transformation; and Inclusion, Justice and Cultural Responsiveness. It provides space for ‘the not yet seen’ and serves as a valuable bridge between the practical needs of educational institutions and the theories provided by research.This Handbook will be of interest to scholars in education, teachers, undergraduate and advanced students in teacher education, academic researchers, and educational leaders seeking to understand relational pedagogy as a key response to global challenges in education.

AI-Enhanced Pedagogies argues that artificial intelligence has exposed deep flaws in modern education, which now demands a fundamental rethinking of teaching and learning. AI did not break education. It revealed what was already fragile: the dependence on rigid curricular sequences, narrow meritocratic ideals, and outdated theories of learning. This book’s purpose is to develop a theory of education suited to a world where humans and AI learn together. It proposes that learning should be understood as a collaborative process between people and intelligent tools rather than as an individual pursuit.Organized in four parts, the text begins by exploring how AI has upended the basic assumptions underlying modern education. It then critiques various myths about effort, merit, and authorship, before presenting the creation of new models of shared cognition. Finally, the text concludes with practical strategies for curriculum, assessment, and institutional renewal.Sidorkin shows that AI does not diminish human intelligence but expands it. Education must evolve from linear curricular progressions to flexible systems that foster creativity, discernment, and intellectual courage.

AI-Enhanced Pedagogies argues that artificial intelligence has exposed deep flaws in modern education, which now demands a fundamental rethinking of teaching and learning. AI did not break education. It revealed what was already fragile: the dependence on rigid curricular sequences, narrow meritocratic ideals, and outdated theories of learning. This book’s purpose is to develop a theory of education suited to a world where humans and AI learn together. It proposes that learning should be understood as a collaborative process between people and intelligent tools rather than as an individual pursuit.Organized in four parts, the text begins by exploring how AI has upended the basic assumptions underlying modern education. It then critiques various myths about effort, merit, and authorship, before presenting the creation of new models of shared cognition. Finally, the text concludes with practical strategies for curriculum, assessment, and institutional renewal.Sidorkin shows that AI does not diminish human intelligence but expands it. Education must evolve from linear curricular progressions to flexible systems that foster creativity, discernment, and intellectual courage.

This book investigates the interrelationship between educational reforms and pedagogical and technological innovations, as well as the implications of this relationship for the quality of human capital. By analyzing recent educational reforms in Russia and the US, the authors shed new light on how these reforms may help or hinder innovations, such as the introduction of computer technologies into classrooms, new methods of teacher evaluation, constructivist teaching methods, and governance in public schools. Taking labor economics as a useful lens for conceptualizing the diffusion of innovation, in the first part of the book the authors analyze book how certain power arrangements can block educational innovations in schools. In the second part they examine recent educational reforms in the US and Russia. The final part presents a vision of the next generation of educational reforms, which may enable innovation diffusion, rather than hamper it.