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Publication Date: 2013
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Tragedy and Teaching: The Education of Narrative
Gibbons, Andrew
Educational Philosophy and Theory, v45 n11 spec iss p1162-1174 2013
This is the second of two articles that are connected in a reading of "The plague" by Albert Camus. The other article is a determined narration of the events of a tragedy that befalls a city on the coast of Algeria. That article resists analysis beyond the decisions that are made regarding text to use, and of course interpretations to make. This article is juxtaposed to the first, with the intention of taking key themes of education and narration and considering them within the context of another tragedy and another kind of narration. In this article the narratives of government education policy are considered in relation to the event of a tragic earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. The government narratives are then replaced by the narratives of Oran to consider alternative ways of thinking about tragedy and education and in particular to think about the ways in which the narrative relates to the tragedy and to any learning that might happen as a result of, and during, a tragedy.
Descriptors: Tragedy, Classics (Literature), Novels, Philosophy, Teaching (Occupation), Foreign Countries, Natural Disasters, Teacher Role, Psychology, Community, Educational Policy, Social Influences
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Language: English
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