Teaching in Unequal Societies

The Ethics of Teaching: In Place of a Foreword
Krishna Kumar
Introduction: The Unequal Classroom
John Russon, Siby K. George and P.G. Jung

Part I Education: Philosophy and Context
1. The Importance of a Philosophical Education in Contemporary Society: Dewey and the University Curriculum
John Russon
2. Waiting for a Socrates: Kant's Educational Vision and Macaulay's Civilising Mission
P.G. Jung and Roshni Babu
3. The 'Debased Native Mind' in Colonial Discourse: Education Policies in 19th-Century Gujarat
dhara k. chotai

Part II Ethics of Teaching: Principles and Cases
4. Teaching Self-Respect: The Very Idea
Apaar Kumar
5. On the Ethics of Teaching: The Lessons of Athenian Democracy
Patricia Fagan
6. From Walls to Bridges: Education as Dialectic and the Educator as Curator of the Affective Conditions of Dialogue
Kym Maclaren
7. Education for Democracy: Philosophical Reflections Inspired by Brazil's Movement of Landless Rural Workers
Bruce Gilbert

Part III Ethics of Teaching: Indian Perspectives
8. Can Pedagogies Be Both Critical and Caring?
Kanchana Mahadevan
9. 'Why Johnny Can't Read': Seeking a Response through the Art of Teaching
Ranjan Kumar Panda
10. Reconstructing a Critical Ontology of Education through an Ethics of Care: Critical Pedagogy, the World View of the Ao Naga Tribe, and Care Ethics in Dialogue
Amrita Banerjee and Karilemla
11. Environmental Education in Schools: Perspective and Challenges
Rinzi Lama
12. Caste in the Classroom: An Ethical Interrogation
P. Kesava Kumar
13. Prejudice and the Pedagogue: Teaching in a Democratic Classroom
Siby K. George

Notes on Contributors