Epiphany as a pragmatic response to claims of indoctrination in public schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21727623 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W Walker Ballard (0009-0000-3848-1477, The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 304-319 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory and Research in Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-8785 • E-ISSN: 1741-3192 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14778785231206342 |
| OpenAlex | W4387742562 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
This article argues for the need of a new, pragmatic response to claims of indoctrination in public school classrooms across the United States. While attempts at defining indoctrination and moral arguments for and against certain pedagogical practices may be worthwhile, the article maintains that claims of indoctrination, whether substantive or not, are an impediment to effective teaching, especially for educators who are primarily interested in perspective transformation. Drawing on recent scholarship regarding epiphany and transformative education, an argument is presented that teaching for epiphanic experience may be a pragmatic solution for teachers to adopt to remain effective in the classroom amid ever-increasing political polarization and professional scrutiny. After establishing this point, the article turns to arts education as a possible source for understanding the pedagogical technique that may lead to the creation of a classroom ethos for epiphany
Dissent · Epistemology · Ethos · Ideology · Indoctrination · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Transformative learning · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Law · Religious Education and Schools · Values and Moral Education
Calliope's Sisters
Transformative gestures
Transformative experience and epiphany in education
Yacek’s Transformative Classroom in the contemporary K-12 system
Revisiting The Transformative Classroom
If this is indoctrination, we are all indoctrinated
Moving beyond rationalistic responses to the concern about indoctrination in moral education
Cultivating Moral Epiphanies
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |