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ERIC Number: EJ1021355
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1857
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Hager and Embodied Practice in Postmodernity: A Tribute
O'Loughlin, Marjorie
Educational Philosophy and Theory, v45 n12 spec iss p1219-1229 2013
In this celebration of the work of Paul Hager, I draw attention to his highly successful collaborations with David Beckett and John Halliday as indicative of his collegiality and his conviction that knowledge is produced in cooperation with others. I highlight his enduring theme of practice and his deep concern for vocational and technical education. The theme of embodiment underpins his extensive explorations of practical knowledge, work and learning. Hager's focus on those processes of making and repairing are foregrounded in the article. The work of Mathew B. Crawford and Olivier Dupon is deployed to explore these ideas further, with particular attention paid to Crawford's spirited defence of the trades and of tradespeople, artisans and repairers. The functioning of judgement as reasoning within practice and the significance of tacit knowing are briefly explored. Hager's enormous contribution to our understanding of work and its significance to conceptions of the good life are wholeheartedly applauded.
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Language: English
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