Tracing Ted Tetsuo Aoki’s Intellectual Formation: Historical, Societal, and Phenomenological Influences (Studies in Curriculum Theory Series)

Tracing Ted Tetsuo Aoki’s Intellectual Formation: Historical, Societal, and Phenomenological Influences (Studies in Curriculum Theory Series)
by: Patricia Baergen (Author)
Publisher: Routledge
Edition: 1st
Publication Date: 7 July 2020
Language: English
Print Length: 166 pages
ISBN-10: 036746554X
ISBN-13: 9780367465544
Book Description
Through careful examination of Ted Aoki’s life and work within its historical, societal and intellectual context, this text advances a new appreciation of the national distinctiveness of Canadian curriculum studies. The book draws unique comparison between Aoki’s writings and Heidegger’s concept of “being-in-the-world.” In exploring Aoki’s narratives on momentous life events, the author attends to the interwoven, dynamic and poetic essence of the scholar’s intellectual formation and identifies a critically reflective style of theorizing. By contextualizing Aoki’s narrations on his momentous life events, the text engages with Aoki’s critical reflective and unique style of theorizing and foregrounds the prominent influence of Heidegger’s phenomenology and writings on Aoki’s thinking.A major contribution to understanding Aoki’s curriculum scholarship, this book is an important resource for researchers and post-graduate students working across curriculum studies discourse.

About the Author

About the Author Patricia Liu Baergen completed her Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her research interests include curriculum studies, life history, theorizing pedagogy and educational philosophy.