In the cell of self-knowledge: the development of a hermeneutic horizon of post-secondary teaching

dc.contributor.advisorJardine, David
dc.contributor.authorHusby Scheelar, Margo
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-08T19:42:11Z
dc.date.available2005-08-08T19:42:11Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 180-192en
dc.description.abstractThe question of what it means to be a university teacher rather than merely do university teaching is answered by examining the process by which a horizon of the meaning of teaching developed through the writer's lived experiences. Gadamer writes that having a horizon "means not being limited to what is nearby but being able to see beyond it", knowing "the relative significance of everything within this horizon, ... near or far .. great or small" (Gadamer: 302). Encounters within obviously educational contexts combine with emotional, spiritual and medical experiences to reveal a complex horizon made up of the lived experiences of childhood, parenthood, studying, teaching, Platonic thought, medieval mysticism, research on ethics in university teaching, analysis of institutional codes, religious conversion, Catholic sacraments, and breast cancer. This horizon continues to change and in the face of that changing, the only way to understand what it means to be a university teacher is to be transparent in the face of an understanding of Teaching that transcends conventional definitions.
dc.format.extentxi, 194 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationHusby Scheelar, M. (2003). In the cell of self-knowledge: the development of a hermeneutic horizon of post-secondary teaching (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/22180en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/22180
dc.identifier.isbn0612870405en
dc.identifier.lccAC1 .T484 2003 H88en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/39693
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleIn the cell of self-knowledge: the development of a hermeneutic horizon of post-secondary teaching
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Research
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1446 520708881
ucalgary.thesis.additionalcopy370 EDC 2003 HUSen
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
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