Teaching is a Human Interaction: How Thoughtful Educators Respond, Are Responsive, and Take Responsibility

This book contains an argument supported by education philosophers as well as composite stories, data, and personal experiences. The author mentions a number of scholars (e.g., Benjamin, 1988; Buber, 1970; Noddings, 2005, 2013; Palmer, 1983; van Manen, 1986, 1991, 2000) who address important human issues in the field of education, and she ties their work and hers to show common themes within the issues of care, responsivity, and relational ethics. The work described in this book addresses the ideas of ethical “teacher perfection,” but the author fully understands teachers are not supposed to be, nor are they logistically able to be, all things to all children.