ORIGINAL ARTICLE
“We're Not Going to Do That Because It's Not Right”: Using Pedagogical Responsibility to Reframe the Doublespeak of Fidelity
Abstract
In this essay, Doris Santoro examines the discourse of “fidelity of instruction” to show how it is doublespeak for teacher compliance that is incompatible with democracy and education. Analyzing the distorted use of the term “fidelity” by market‐based reformers, Santoro illustrates how it can be used as a weapon against teacher intelligence and moral response. She argues that John Dewey's philosophy provides conceptual resources to reframe some teacher infidelity as intelligent response, the moral agency required for pedagogical responsibility.
Citing Literature
Number of times cited: 2
- Doris A. Santoro, Cassandra in the Classroom: Teaching and Moral Madness, Studies in Philosophy and Education, 36, 1, (49), (2017). 2017 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings) and IEEE Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom) and IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom) and IEEE Smart Data (SmartData), (2017).Stephen Houser, Clare Bates Congdon, Doris Santoro and Jessica HochmanUsing Clustering to Explore Teacher Communication on Twitter26410.1109/iThings-GreenCom-CPSCom-SmartData.2017.45
