Max van Manen

Curriculum Inquiry, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1994

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On the Meaning of Pedagogy and its relation to Teaching

When students are asked about their experiences with teachers, their anecdotes reveal that classroom interactions are always relational; teachers and students cannot help but stand in certain relations to each other.

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As Mrs. Gogo bent over to pick up a pencil you could hear the guys’ jaws drop. But Mrs. Gogo did not notice. She looked tired due to the fact that she sang in a small band many nights of the week. She had just finished teaching us how to solve equations and she was walking around checking that we were working. Just as I completed our assignment I noticed Sarah raise her hand.